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The Wait List as Redistributive Policy: Access and Burdens in the Subsidized Childcare System

Jennifer W. Bouek
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2023, 9 (5) 76-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.5.04
Jennifer W. Bouek
aAssistant professor of social welfare and public sociology at the University of Delaware, United States
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    Children Active and Terminated Monthly from State Wait List for Subsidized Childcare, Massachusetts

    Source: Author’s tabulation based on EEC administrative data.

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    Decline in Wait List by Portion Non-White Among Boston Zip Codes, 2013–2018

    Source: Author’s calculations based on EEC administrative data and American Community Survey data accessed via NHGIS (Manson et al. 2022).

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    Decline in Wait List by Poverty Among Boston Zip Codes, 2013–2018

    Source: Author’s tabulation based on EEC administrative data and American Community Survey data accessed via NHGIS (Manson et al. 2022).

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Sep 2023, 9 (5) 76-97; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2023.9.5.04
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