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Online Document Catalogue: Research, policy and practice

Research, policy and practice materials include scholarly research, policy studies, briefs, government, advocacy and NGO reports. This list is sorted by most recently added entries to the Catalogue, to the oldest.

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US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
Killewald, Alexandra & Cricco, Nino, The Conversation,  16 Sep 2025.  United States
Roadmap to universal child care in Ontario: Second edition
Ferns, C., & Neville, R., Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) and Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO),  16 Sep 2025.  Ontario
21st international review of leave policies and research 2025
Dobrotić, I., Blum, S., Kaufmann, G., Koslowski, A., Moss, P., & Valentova, M. , International Network on Leave Policies and Research,  1 Sep 2025.  International
Public support for child care programs in Canada
Environics Institute for Survey Research, YMCA Canada, & YWCA Canada., Environics Institute,  10 Sep 2025.  Canada
Brief submitted to pre-budget consultations in advance of the fall 2025 budget
Friendly, M., Childcare Resource and Research Unit,  1 Aug 2025.  Canada
Building up child care for workers in the skilled trades
Medow Consulting Inc, LiUNA! Local 506 - Training Centre,  4 Sep 2025.  Ontario
Characteristics of home-based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022
Charters, T. J., & Findlay, L. C., Statistics Canada,  23 Jul 2025.  Canada
Does universal preschool hit the target? Program access and preschool impacts
Cascio, E. U., IZA Institute of Labor Economics,  17 Feb 2017.  United States
Governing education, governing early childhood education and care practitioners’ profession?
Pesonen, J., & Valkonen, S., Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood,  17 May 2023.  Europe
Does support for professional development in early childhood and care settings matter? A study in four countries
Cadima, J., Ferreira, T., etc , Early Childhood Education Journal,  15 Apr 2024.  Europe
Early childhood educators pay equity: A dream deferred
Liu, L., Joseph, G. E., Taylor, J. M., Hassairi, N., & Soderberg, J. S. , Early Childhood Education Journal,  9 Nov 2023.  United States
Economics trumps child rights: How the 2024 ECE Regulations Review frames teacher qualification issues and why we should be worried
Gunn, A. C., Early Childhood Folio,  1 Jan 2025.  Australia and New Zealand
Ten propositions for a democratic politics of early childhood education
Moss, P., Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood,  19 Aug 2025.  Europe
Cash cow: Assessing child care space creation progress
Macdonald, D., Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,  21 Aug 2025.  Canada
$122 billion: The growing, annual cost of the infant-toddler child care crisis
Bishop, S., ReadyNation,  2 Feb 2023.  United States
On the menu: What benefits do family child care networks bring?
National Early Care and Education Workforce Center, National Early Care and Education Workforce Center,  31 Jul 2025.  United States
Policy design, instrument choice, and policy feedback effects of institutional business power: Varieties of child care investments in Australia, Canada, and Germany
Davidson, A., Quelch, J., & White, L. A., Governance,  7 Aug 2025.  International
Precarious status families’ access to early childhood services in a sanctuary city: The case of Toronto, Canada
Bernhard, J. K., Young, J. E. E., & Goldring, L., Springer,  2 Aug 2025.  Ontario
Overview of quality monitoring systems and results of moderator analysis
Resa, E., Ereky-Stevens, K., Wieduwilt, N., Penderi, E., Anders, Y., Petrogiannis, K., & Melhuish, E., European Early Childhood Education and Care,  15 Dec 2016.  International
Quality in early learning and child care: Recommendations for action
Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care, Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care,  11 Feb 2025.  Alberta
Through their eyes: Children’s perspectives on quality in early childhood education
Theobald, M., Whiteford, C., & McFadden, A. , Education Sciences,  1 Jul 2025.  Australia and New Zealand
The effect of family fertility support policies on fertility, their contribution, and policy pathways to fertility improvement in OECD countries
Zhang, T.-T., Cai, X.-Y., Shi, X.-H., Zhu, W., & Shan, S.-N. , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,  8 Mar 2023.  Asia
Child-care availability and fertility in Norway
Rindfuss, R. R., Guilkey, D. K., Morgan, S. P., & Kravdal, Ø. , Population and Development Review,  22 May 2011.  Europe
Fertility decisions and alternative types of childcare
Pronzato, C., Picco, S., & Ottone, S., IZA World of Labor,  1 Oct 2024.  International
Transformative change in early childhood education and care (ECEC) or more of the same? Child care in the Canadian federation
White, L. A., Quelch, J ., & Friendly, M. , University of Toronto Press,  1 Jul 2025.  Canada