Warner, M.E. And Baran-Rees, R. 2012. The Economic importance of Families with Children  . Issue Brief, Ithaca, NY:Cornell University.

Mitchell, A. & Stoney, L. (2009) An Actionable Federal Framework to Promote QRIS in the States.

Liu, Z., & Warner, M. E. (2009). Understanding Geographic Differences in Child Care Multipliers: Unpacking IMPLAN's Modeling MethodologyLocal service sectors including child care have received increasing interest from scholars and policy makers for their role in regional economic development. The IMPLAN input- output modeling system is the most widely used tool to measure the economic importance of the child care sector. Using state-level IMPLAN models for all 50 states and D.C. in the U.S., this paper explores how child care is treated in the IMPLAN system, and how its production functions in state-level models are derived from a national benchmark model. We examine the extent to which such methodology may explain geographic differences in child care multip- liers in addition to other exogenous demographic and child care policy variables. Our analysis facilitates interpretation of geographic differences in child care multipliers in state economies and identifies areas for improvement in modeling methodology.. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 39(1): 71-85.

Warner, M.E. (2009). Overview: The Regional Economics of Child Care. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 39(1): 37-39.

Shellenback, Karen 2009. Child Care & Cornell Child Care Grant Subsidy Program Survey: Impact on the Cornell Community, Summary Report.

Shellenback, Karen and Mildred E. Warner 2009. "Integrating Care, Work and Community: New Policies for a New Economy, A Report from the Cornell University Conference: Preparing for the New Century: Innovative Work and Family Strategies."

Morrissey, Taryn and Mildred E. Warner (2009), "Employer-Supported Child Care: Who Participates?Child care vouchers are becoming more common and can provide child care assistance to a wide spectrum of the population. There is little empirical research, however, on which workers participate in their employer-supported program. In this exploratory study, employees with children at one large university completed questionnaires to gather information on their child care arrangements and their experience with the employer’s child care voucher program (N = 949). Results indicate that the employees who were most in need of child care assistance in terms of family structure, job type, and child care expenses were more likely to receive vouchers. Federal policy limiting the structure of employer-sponsored voucher programs appeared to present barriers to participation for certain groups of employees." Journal of Marriage and Family, forthcoming.

Adriance, Shira, Caroline Marshall, Bjorn Markeson, Louise Stoney and Mildred Warner 2009. From Regional Economic Analysis to Economic Development Policy: A Review of State and Local Child Care Economic Impact Studies. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Warner, Mildred and Raymond Gradus. 2009. "The Consequences of Implementing a Child Care Voucher: Evidence from Australia, the Netherlands and USA,In the Netherlands, the USA and Australia public funding has promoted parental choice by introducing a voucher for child care, where parents are free to choose the provider. The policy experiments in these three countries and the outcomes provide useful information about the consequences of introducing a voucher in the child care market. We show the voucher system can be effective in increasing demand, but there can be uneven supply responses. The structure of the voucher income scheme and quality controls affect the nature of the supply response. We argue that voucher schemes must take into account the complex nature of the child care market and the substitutability between free public care, private market care and unpaid household care. To secure quality and access, government must also play a coordinating role that vouchers alone can not supply." Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI 2009-078/3, Erasmus University, Netherlands.

Warner, M.E. 2009. Recession, Stimulus and the Child Care Sector: Understanding Economic Dynamics, Calculating ImpactAs part of the new Stimulus Bill (ARRA), states and localities may be required to show economic impact of the stimulus funds. This brief has been developed to help state policymakers calculate the stimulus effects of increased child care spending on output and employment in the state economy..

Pratt, James. 2009. Valuing Nonmarket Family Care Time Using National Income Accounts and the American Time Use Survey, Cornell University

Adriance, Shira 2009. To Gender or Not to Gender: An Analysis of Economic Impact Reports of the Child Care Sector.A series of studies on the economic impact of the child care sector have paved the way for a new definition of caring labor in the U.S. economy, by emphasizing the economic as well as developmental value of child care. Most of these studies attempted to conduct a gender neutral assessment of the role of child care in society. We found that despite this attempt, gender stereotypes were unintentionally reproduced in the language and presentation of the studies. Cornell University.

Warner, M.E. 2009. Child Care Multipliers: Stimulus for the States

Stoney, L. & A. Mitchell. 2009. Maximizing Resources from the Stimulus Package: Possible Strategies for Funding Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

Warner, Mildred E 2009. "(Not)Valuing Care: A Review of Recent Popular Economic Reports on Preschool in the US,Recently a series of popular economics reports in the United States has called for increased investment in children's early education. These reports articulate a new concept, the 'public finance value' of children, and argue for increased investment in preschool because of its positive impact on the long term fiscal health of the nation. These papers are analyzed to assess their attention to the multi-dimensional aspects of early care and education (ECE). Although these papers evaluate increased investment in preschool, they fail to recognize the need for a comprehensive system of ECE that includes support for child care and the unpaid care and education provided by parents. As a result, the reports undervalue the contributions of women and of the ECE sector itself. Feminist economics offers a broader perspective that would help these authors avoid conceptual traps and recognize the need for more comprehensive reform." Feminist Economics, 15(2)

Stoney, L and Mitchell, A. 2008 "Using Tax Credits to Promote High Quality Early Care and Education Services.Tax credits have been used in a variety of policy areas to encourage increased investments in programs seen as “social goods,” such as clean energy and charitable donations. This paper explores financing strategies for early childhood programs by examining whether carefully crafted individual or business tax credits/deductions could 1) help finance early care and education and 2) spur additional private investment and create incentives for families to use, and early childhood program to offer, high- quality services." Partnership for America's Economic Success. Issue Paper #2 November 20, 2007

LINCC, Linking Investments in Child Care (2008). Building child care into new developments: a guide for creating child care facilities in transit-oriented developments.

Shellenback, Karen, 2007. Cornell Child Care Grant Subsidy Program, Online Survey - Evaluation Report 2007.

Warner, M.E. 2007 “Planning for Inclusion: The Case of Child Care,” Practicing PlannerThis paper challenges planners to incorporate child care into local economic development, land use, and transportation planning. For too long, child care has been ignored, but that is changing. The paper highlights innovative roles planners can play in facilitating new community approaches that promote inclusion of families with children.  , 5(1) March 2007.

Kay, David L., James E. Pratt and Mildred E. Warner. 2007. Role of Services in Regional Economy GrowthThough the final demand oriented export base paradigm dominates economic development theory and practice, its usefulness is increasingly questioned because of the changing structure of modern economies, empirical critiques of export led growth strategies, and studies that decompose the actual sources of growth.  The importance of service industries, especially local services and their role in inducing economic growth, requires a measure that includes both forward and backward linkages to empirically account for the complete role of an industry.  Using data for New York State, we demonstrate how the input-output based method of hypothetical extraction can more appropriately measure the economic linkage of a broader range of contemporary economic sectors (including services) than traditional, final demand induced, backward linkage multipliers.  Our analysis provides empirical support for greater economic development attention to be directed toward local services.  , Growth and Change 38(3):419-442.

Warner, M.E., Kristen Anderson and George Haddow, 2007. "Putting Child Care in the Picture: Why this service is a critical part of community infrastructure," Planning, (June 2007): 16-19.

Warner, M.E. and George Haddow, 2007. "Child Care: An Essential Service for Disaster Recovery," Save the Children Issue Brief #3 June, 2007.

Kay, David L., James E. Pratt and Mildred E. Warner. 2007. Measuring the Role of Local Services with Hypothetical Extraction, Growth and Change forthcoming 38(3) September 2007.

Warner, M.E. and Zhilin Liu 2006. "The Importance of Child Care in Economic Development: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Economic Linkage,Regional economic developers typically use input-output modeling to compare the linkage effects of different targets for economic development policy. Using input-output models for all 50 states in the United States, the authors compare child care linkage effects to economy-wide averages and median multiplier values for agriculture, manufacturing, and services. Multiplier analysis shows that child care linkage effects are similar to these more typical targets for economic development policy, and provides one more reason why child care should be included as part of economic development policy." Economic Development Quarterly 20(1):97-103.

Stoney, L. 2005. Beyond the Comfort Zone: New Ideas for the Early Care and Education Industry. Ithaca, NY and Raleigh, NC: Cornell Univ. Dept of City and Regional Planning and National Smart Start Technical Assistance Center.

Warner, M. E., & Liu, Z. 2005. Regional economic development and local services: The case of child careIncreased attention is being given to the role of local services, such as child care, in economic development. While not considered a driver for growth, we argue such services are a critical component of a balanced economic development strategy. We discuss various perspectives on conceptualizing the role of local service sectors: as exports, as import substitution, as human capital investments and as social infrastructure for the broader economy. We construct input-output models for each of the 50 U.S. states and find linkage effects for these local sectors are similar or higher than other sectors that are more typical targets for economic development policy. We recommend economic development policy include support for local service sectors such as child care.. International Journal of Economic Development, 7(1):25-64.

Stoney, Louise 2004. Collective Management of Early Childhood Programs: Approaches that Aim to Maximize Efficiency, Help Improve Quality and Stabilize the Industry. Ithaca, NY and Raleigh, NC: Cornell Univ. and the National Smart Start Technical Assistance Center.

Stoney, L. 2004. Framing Child Care as Economic Development: Lessons from Early Studies. Ithaca NY: Cornell Univ. Dept of City and Regional Planning.

Shellenback, K. 2004. Child Care and Parent Productivity: Making the Business Case, Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Dept of City and Regional Planning.

Ribeiro, Rose and M. Warner 2004. "Measuring the Regional Economic Importance of Early Care and Education: The Cornell Methodology Guide." Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. (An interactive version with Excel worksheets is also available.)

Warner, M., Adriance, S., Barai, N., Hallas, J., Markeson, B., Morrissey, T., & Soref, W. 2004. Economic Development Strategies to Promote Quality Child Care, Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning: Ithaca, NY. (A brochure version is also available.)

Liu, Zhilin, Rosaria Ribeiro and Mildred Warner, 2004. "Comparing Child Care Multipliers in the Regional Economy: Analysis from 50 States," Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning. The full paper has detailed tables on the model results for every state; a brochure, containing a brief summary of the paper, is also available.

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