Download or read book The Relationship Between Child Care Assistance Expenditures and Maternal Labor Force Participation written by Rachael Kauss and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the labor force participation rate for U.S. women with young children has risen over the past few decades, mothers are still generally less likely to work than fathers or women without children. The preference of some mothers to act as primary caregivers likely drives part of this disparity, but the high cost of child care may also deter mothers from working. This study explores whether spending on federal child care assistance programs is related to changes in labor force participation rates for mothers with children under the age of six between 2010 and 2014. Using state-level data on maternal labor force participation and child care assistance expenditures through the Child Care and Development Fund and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, this study finds evidence of a positive relationship between child care assistance spending and maternal labor force participation. In addition, this study finds preliminary evidence suggesting that the magnitude of the relationship between an additional dollar of child care assistance spending and maternal labor force participation may be smaller when the cost of child care is higher.