Childcare Politics in the Rich Democracies: US Practices & Preferences in Comparative Perspective

• In Event: Voters, Social Policy, and Inequality in Affluent Democracies

Brief Overview

I detail underappreciated cross-national differences in the politics of childcare, then develop a policy feedback-based explanation. I assess my claims vs. alternatives by expenditures from 30 rich democracies with childcare opinions (2012 ISSP).

Author

• Sophie Jacobson, Columbia University