Childcare markets

Abstract

Part I: Introduction: Childcare markets: an introduction ~ Eva Lloyd Childcare markets: do they work? ~ Helen Penn What future for the mature UK childcare market? ~ Philip Blackburn Part II: Explorations in childcare markets: Local providers and loyal parents: competition and consumer choice in the Dutch childcare market ~ Janneke Plantenga Tinkering with early childhood education and care: the case of early education vouchers in Hong Kong ~ Gail Yuen Markets and childcare provision in New Zealand: towards a fairer alternative ~ Linda Mitchell Publicly available and supported early education and care for all: the case of Norway ~ Kari Jacobsen and Gerd Vollset Childcare markets in the US: supply and demand, quality and cost, and public policy ~ Laura Sosinsky Workforce shortages in the Canadian ECEC sector: how big, how costly and how solvable? ~ Robert Fairholm and Jerome Davis Raw and emerging childcare markets ~ Helen Penn Part III: Ethics and principles: Need markets be the only show in town? ~ Peter Moss ABC Learning and Australian early childhood education and care: a retrospective audit of a radical experiment ~ Jennifer Sumsion Childcare markets and government intervention ~ Gillian Paull.