The System of Subsidies for Childcare Services:Theoretical Logic and Feasibility Analysis
Childcare services have the attributes of public goods and social investment,and the responsibility and cost of childcare should be shared by families and the government.Under the background of reduced family care resources,limited supply of childcare services and high parenting cost,the government should establish a system of subsidies for childcare services to decrease the cost of family care for children and increase effective demands to promote the development of social childcare services.By establishing an estimation model suitable for the whole country and all regions and on the basis of the prediction of the future population of infants and young children aged 0-2 years and a moderate subsidy standard,the result of estimating the scale of financial funds of the system of subsidies for childcare services in 2024-2035 shows that the financial cost of such a sys-tem is affordable.To this end,it is suggested that the government should actively create conditions to imple-ment this system as soon as possible,and meanwhile,should improve the dynamic monitoring system of popu-lation,adopt various forms of subsidy,implement the application system of subsidies for childcare services,and strengthen the supervision and guidance of subsidy funding.
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