privatization
Big box babysitting: Corporate child care is not the solution
Public school board rejects company's bid for space
Case study: Corporate childcare expanding in Canada
Research and Analysis
Alberta government must change our child care policies
Moore-Kilgannon, Bill
SOURCE: Public Interest Alberta, 2010
- Press release
Case study: United States
Research and analysis
Booming economy fuels continued expansion of for-profit child care
R. Neugebauer
SOURCE: Child Care Information Exchange, 131: 18-21, 2000
In print: CIRC ID# 13833
Case study: Australia
Research and analysis
The giant in the playground: investigating the reach and implications of the corporatisation of child care provision.
Press, Frances & Woodrow, Christine. (2009). Sydney University Press.
The corpratization of Australian childcare: Towards an ethical audit and research agenda
Sumsion, Jennifer
Journal of early Childhood Research. 2006, 4(2), 99-120.
Organizational behaviour
Canadian documents
Organizational structure and behaviour in day care: Differences between non-profit and for-profit centres
Analysis of data from Child Care Management Study.
P. Canning
SOURCE: Canadian Journal of Infancy & Early Childhood, 9 (2): 67-78. 2002.
In print: CIRC ID# 17331
See also:
A sociological examination of the child care auspice debate [See Observed Quality section]
Stability
Canadian documents
Hidden fragility: Closure among child care services in BC
P. Kershaw, B. Forer & H. Goelman
SOURCE: Vancouver: Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia. 2004.
Report in pdf
Wages and working conditions
Canadian documents
Child care workers' wages: New evidence on returns to education, experience, job tenure and auspice
G. Cleveland & D. Hyatt
SOURCE: Journal of Population Economics, 15: 575-597. 2002.
In print: CIRC ID# 15845
Observed Quality
Canadian documents
For a thorough list of academic literature on the issue of privatization see: CRRU Briefing Note: Research evidence on selected aspects of for-profit/non-profit child care programs: A bibliography