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Secure communities as immigration enforcement: How secure is the child care market? (2024)
Journal Article
Ali, U., Brown, J. H., & Herbst, C. M. (2024). Secure communities as immigration enforcement: How secure is the child care market?. Journal of Public Economics, 233, Article 105101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105101

Immigrants comprise nearly 20% of the child care workforce in the U.S. This paper studies the impact of a major immigration enforcement policy, Secure Communities (SC), on the structure and functioning of the child care market. Relying on the stagger... Read More about Secure communities as immigration enforcement: How secure is the child care market?.

Minimum quality regulations and the demand for childcare labor (2024)
Journal Article
Ali, U., Herbst, C. M., & Makridis, C. A. (2024). Minimum quality regulations and the demand for childcare labor. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 43(3), 660-695. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22568

Minimum quality regulations are often justified in the childcare market because of the presence of information frictions between parents and providers. However, regulations can also have unintended consequences for the quantity and quality of service... Read More about Minimum quality regulations and the demand for childcare labor.

The impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. child care market: Evidence from stay-at-home orders (2021)
Journal Article
Ali, U., Herbst, C. M., & Makridis, C. A. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. child care market: Evidence from stay-at-home orders. Economics of Education Review, 82, Article 102094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102094

Stay-at-home orders (SAHOs) were implemented in most U.S. states to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This paper quantifies the impact of these containment policies on a measure of the supply of child care. The supply of such services may be particula... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. child care market: Evidence from stay-at-home orders.