Chris Herbst

Herbst, C. M. Child Care in the United States: Markets, Policy, and Evidence. (2023). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 42(1), 255-304.

Brown, J.H. & Herbst, C.M. (2022). Child Care over the Business Cycle. Journal of Labor Economics, 40(S1), S429-S468.

Ali, U., Herbst, C.M., & Makridis, C. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. child care market: Evidence from stay-at-home orders. Economics of Education Review, 82.  

Gordon, J., Herbst, C.M. & Tekin, E. (2021). Who’s Minding the Kids? Experimental Evidence on the Demand for Child Care Quality. Economics of Education Review, 80.

Boyd-Swan, C. & Herbst, C.M. (2020). Influence of Quality Credentialing Programs on Teacher Characteristics in Center-Based Early Care and Education Settings. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 51(2), 352-365.

Herbst, C.M., Desouza, K., Alashri, A., Kandala, S., & Khullar, M., & Bajaj, V. (2020). What Do Parents Value in a Child Care Provider? Evidence from Yelp Consumer Reviews. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 51(2), 288-306.

Boyd-Swan, C.  & Herbst, C.M. (2019). Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in the Labor Market for Child Care Teachers. Educational Researcher, 48(7), 394-406.

Farber, H., Herbst, C.M., Silverman, D., & von Wachter, T. (2019). Whom Do Employers Want? The Role of Recent Employment and Unemployment Status and Age. Journal of Labor Economics, 37(2), 323-349.

Herbst, C.M. (2018). The Impact of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems on Families’ Child Care Choices and the Supply of Child Care Labor. Labour Economics, 54(October), 172-190.

Boyd-Swan, C.  & Herbst, C.M. (2018). The Demand for Teacher Characteristics in the Market for Child Care: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Journal of Public Economics (March), 159, 183-202.

Herbst, C.M. (2018). The Rising Cost of Child Care in the United States. A Reassessment of the Evidence. Economics of Education Review, 64(June), 13-30.

Herbst, C.M. (2017). Universal Child Care, Maternal Employment, and Children’s Long-Run Outcomes: Evidence from the U.S. Lanham Act of 1940. Journal of Labor Economics, 35(2), 519-564.

Herbst, C.M. (2017). Are Parental Welfare Work Requirements Good for Disadvantaged Children? Evidence from Age-of-Youngest-Child Exemptions. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36(2), 327-357.

Guldi, M. & Herbst, C.M. (2017). Offline Effects of Online Connecting: The Impact of Broadband Diffusion on Teenage Fertility Decisions. Journal of Population Economics, 30(1), 69-91.

Herbst, C.M. & Lucio, J. (2016). Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self-Reported Happiness. Journal of Regional Science, 56(3), 494-521.

Herbst, C.M. & Ifcher, J. (2016). The Increasing Happiness of U.S. Parents. Review of Economics of the Household, 14(3), 529-551.

Herbst, C.M. & Tekin, E. (2016). The Impact of Child Care Subsidies on Child Development: Evidence from Geographic Variation in the Distance to Social Service Agencies. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 35(1), 94-116.

Boyd-Swan, C., Herbst C.M., Ifcher, J. & Zarghamee, H. (2016). The Earned Income Tax Credit, Mental Health, and Happiness. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 126(Part A), 18-38.

Herbst, C.M. & Tekin, E. Child Care Subsidies, Maternal Health, and Child-Parent Interactions: Evidence from Three Nationally Representative Datasets. Health Economics (2014).

Herbst, C.M. The Impact of Non-Parental Child Care on Child Development: Evidence from the Summer Participation "Dip". Journal of Public Economics (2013).

Herbst, C.M. Welfare Reform and the Subjective Well-Being of Single Mothers. Journal of Population Economics (2013).

Johnson, A. & Herbst, C.M. Can We Trust Parental Reports of Child Care Subsidy Receipt?. Children and Youth Services Review (2013).

Boyd-Swan, C. & Herbst, C.M. Pain at the Pump: Gasoline Prices and Subjective Well-Being. Journal of Urban Economics (2012).

Herbst, C.M. Footloose and Fancy Free? Two Decades of Single Mothers’ Subjective Well-Being. Social Service Review (2012).

Herbst, C.M. & Tekin. The Geographic Accessibility of Child Care Subsidies and Evidence on the Impact of Subsidy Receipt on Childhood Obesity. Journal of Urban Economics (2012).

Herbst, C.M. ‘Paradoxical’ Decline? Another Look at the Relative Reduction in Female Happiness. Journal of Economic Psychology (2011).

Herbst, C.M. The Earned Income Tax Credit and Abortion. Social Science Research (2011).

Herbst, C.M. The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Marriage and Divorce: Evidence from Flow Data. Population Research and Policy Review (2011).

Herbst, C.M. & Tekin, E. Child Care Subsidies and Childhood Obesity. Review of Economics of the Household (2011).

Herbst, C.M. & Tekin, E. Do Child Care Subsidies Influence Single Mothers’ Decision to Invest in Human Capital?. Economics of Education Review (2011).

Herbst, C.M. & Tekin, E. (2010). Child Care Subsidies and Child Development. Economics of Education Review, 29(4), 618-638.

Herbst, C.M. (2010). The Labor Supply Effects of Child Care Costs and Wages in the Presence of Subsidies and the Earned Income Tax Credit. Review of Economics of the Household, 8(2), 199-230.

Herbst, C.M. & Stevens, D. (2010). The Impact of Local Labor Market Conditions on Work and WelfareDecisions: Revisiting an Old Question Using New Data. Population Research and Policy Review, 29(4), 453-479.

Herbst, C.M. (2008). Do Social Policy Reforms Have Different Impacts on Employment and Welfare Use as Economic Conditions Change? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27(4), 867-894.

Herbst, C.M. (2008). Who are the Eligible Non-Recipients of Child Care Subsidies? Children and Youth Services Review, 30(9), 1037-1054.

Herbst, C.M. & Barnow, B.S. (2008). Close to Home: A Simultaneous Equations Model of the Relationship Between Child Care Accessibility and Women’s Labor Force Participation. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 29(1), 128-151.