Research on the early years education, childcare and playwork sector focuses upon:

• connection of the provision of child care and maternal employment
• international comparison
• gender mix of the workforce
  

Sources

Cameron, Moss and Owen (1999)

Cameron, C., Moss, P. and Owen, C. (1999) Men in the Nursery: Gender and Caring Work. London: Paul Chapman.

Fan (1997)

Fan, J. (1997) ‘The Welfare Impact of Implicit Income Generated from Childcare in Home-Based Employment’, Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics (now called International Journal of Consumer Studies) 21(2): 189-199.

Halliday and Little (2001)

Halliday, J., and Little, J. (2001) ‘Amongst Women: Exploring the Reality of Rural Childcare’, Sociologia Ruralis 41(4): 423-437.

Lewis (2003)

Lewis, J. (2003) ‘Developing Early Years Childcare in England, 1997-2002: The Choices for (Working) Mothers’, Social Policy and Administration 37(3): 219-238.

McKie, Bowlby and Gregory (2001)

McKie, L., Bowlby, S., and Gregory, S. (2001) ‘Gender, Caring and Employment in Britain Acknowledgements’, Journal of Social Policy 30(2): 233-258.

Owen (2003)

Owen, C. (2003) ‘Men’s Work? Changing the Gender Mix of the Childcare and Early Years Workforce’, Facing the Future Policy Paper 6, Day care Trust, London.

Toroyan, Roberts, Oakley, Laing, Mugford and Frost (2003)

Toroyan, T., Roberts, I., Oakley, A., Laing, G., Mugford, M., and Frost, C. (2003) ‘Effectiveness of Out-of-Home Day Care for Disadvantaged Families: Randomised Controlled Trial’, British Medical Journal 327(7420): 906-906.