Publications

Savage, S. A., & Robeson, W. W. (2025). Child care tradeoffs among Massachusetts mothers. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 71, 104-113. 

Kimberly D. Lucas, Wendy Wagner Robeson, et al. (2024). Understanding 'Post-Pandemic' Family Child Care Providers: Survey of new entrants and those who left the field. Massachusetts Early Childhood Funder Collaborative.

Lucas, K.D. & Robeson, W.W. (2020). Too much and not enough: Family stresses and child care preferences in Boston during Covid-19. City of Boston: Women's Advancement. 

Marshall, N. L., Robeson, W.W., & Roberts, J. (2020). Integrating Intervention Approaches: Development and Initial Testing of an Early Childhood Education Intervention. Journal of Applied Social Sciences. 

Marshall, N. L., Robeson, W.W., Tracy, A.J., Frye, A., & Roberts, J. (2013). Subsidized child care, maternal employment and access to quality, affordable child care. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28, 808–819.

Robeson, W.W. & McCartney, K. (2011). Emergence of communication: words, grammar and first conversations. In Mangione, P.L. & Greenwald, D. (Eds.), Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to language development and communication (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education. 

Marshall, N. L. (2009). The quality of early child care and children’s development. In L.S. Liben (ed.), Current directions in developmental psychology, (144-150). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Pianta, R.C., & NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (2007). Developmental science and education: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development findings from elementary school. In R.V. Kail (Ed), Advances in child development and behavior (pp. 254-296). NY: Elsevier.

Robeson, W.W., & Roberts, J. (2007). Playground and recreational activities. In B.J. Bank (Ed.), Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia (pp. 613-619). Westport, CT: Praeger.

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (2005). Child care and child development: Results from the NICHD study of early child care and youth development. New York: Guilford Press.

Marshall, N. L., Robeson, W.W & Keefe, N. (2003). Gender equity in early childhood education.  In C. Copple (ed.), A world of difference: Readings on teaching young children in a diverse society. Washington, DC: NAEYC.

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (1997). Poverty and patterns of child care. Pp. 100-131, in Consequences of Growing Up Poor, edited by J. Brooks-Gunn and G. Duncan. New York: Russell-Sage. (See other NICHD ECCRN publications)

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (1996). Characteristics of infant child care: factors contributing to positive caregiving. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 11, 269-306.

McCartney, K., & Robeson, W. W. (1992). The emergence of communication: Words, grammar, and first conversations. In J.R. Lally, P. L. Mangiore, & C. L. Young-Holt (Eds.), A guide to language development and communication (pp. 28-40). Sausalito, CA: Far West Laboratory  for Educational Research and Development.

McCartney, K., Robeson, W. W., Jordan, E., & Mouradian, V. (1991). Mothers’ language with first and second-born children: A within-family study. In K. Pillemer & K. McCartney (Eds.), Parent -child relations throughout life (pp. 125-142). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Marshall, N. L., Robeson, W.W., & Roberts, J. (2020). Integrating Intervention Approaches: Development and Initial Testing of an Early Childhood Education Intervention. Journal of Applied Social Sciences. 

Marshall, NL. (2016). [Review] In Our Hands: The Struggle for US Child Care Policy. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. 45, 75-77.

Marshall, N. L., Frye, A., Roberts, J. & Robeson, W.W. (August 2013). Parental preferences and decisions about early child care. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.

Marshall, N. L., Robeson, W.W., Tracy, A.J., Frye, A., & Roberts, J. (2013). Subsidized child care, maternal employment and access to quality, affordable child care. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28, 808–819.

Robeson, W.W. & McCartney, K. (2011). Emergence of communication: words, grammar and first conversations. In Mangione, P.L. & Greenwald, D. (Eds.), Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to language development and communication (2nd ed.). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education. 

Marshall, N. L. & Tracy, A.J. (2009). After the baby: Work-family conflict and working mothers’ psychological health. Family Relations, 58, 379-390.

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network*. (2008). Social competence with peers in third grade: Associations with earlier peer experiences in childcare. Social Development, 17, 419-453.  

Pianta, R., Belsky, J., Vandergrift, N., Houts, R., Morrison, F., & the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (2008). Classroom effects on children’s achievement trajectories in elementary school. American Educational Research Journal, 45 92), 365-397.

Marshall, N. L., & Washington, V. (2008). Child care voucher project phase II: Follow-up study of voucher length. Families in Society. Families in Society online, 89 (0), 1-3.

Mulvaney, M., McCartney, K., Bub, K.L., K & Marshall, N.L. (2006). Determinants of dyadic scaffolding and cognitive outcomes in first graders. Parenting: Science and Practice, 6 (4).

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (2005). A day in third grade: A large-scale study of classroom quality and teacher and student behavior. The Elementary School Journal, 105, 305-323.

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (2005). Duration and developmental timing of poverty and children’s cognitive and social development from birth through third grade. Child Development, 76, 795-810.

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (2005). Early child care and children's development in the primary grades: Follow-up results from the NICHD study of early child care. American Educational Research Journal, 42(3), 537-570.

Marshall, N. L. (2004). The quality of early child care and children’s development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13 (4), 165-168.

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (2004). Multiple pathways to early academic achievement. Harvard Educational Review, 74 (1), 1-29. 

Boyle, D.E., Marshall, N. L. & Robeson, W. W.. (2003). Gender at play: Fourth-grade girls and boys on the playground. American Behavioral Scientist, 46 (10), 1326-1345. 

Johnson, D.J., Jaeger, E., Randolph, S.M., Cauce, A.M., Ward, J., and The NICHD Early Child Care Research Network.* (2003). Studying the effects of early child care experiences on the development of children of color in the United States: Toward a more inclusive research agenda. Child Development 74 (5), 1227-1244.

NICHD Early Child Care Research Network. (2002). Structure - Process - Outcome: Direct and indirect effects of caregiving quality on young children’s development. Psychological Science, 13(3), 199-206.

Marshall, N. L., Noonan, A.E., Marx, F., McCartney, K. & Keefe, N.. (2001). It takes an urban village: Parenting networks of urban families. Journal of family issues, 22 (3), 163-182. Also available in Sage Family Studies Abstracts 23, no. 4 (2001): 411-568

Marshall, N. L., Robeson, W.W., & Keefe, N.. (1999). Gender equity in early childhood education. Young Children, 54(4), 9-13.

Marshall, N. L., Garcia Coll, C., Marx, F., McCartney, K., Keefe, N. & J. Ruh. (1997). After-school time and children’s behavioral adjustment. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43 (3), 497-514. Encyclopedia of Education entry.

Marshall, N. L. (1991). The changing lives of young children: Infant child care as a normative experience. Families in Society, 72(8), 496-501.

McCartney, K., & Robeson, W.W. (1992). Emergence of communication: Words, grammar and first conversations. In J.R. Lally, P.L. Mangione, & L.L. Young-Holt (Eds.), Infant/toddler caregiving: A guide to language development and communication (pp. 29-39). Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.

Marshall, N. L. & Marx, F. (1991). The affordability of child care for the working poor. Families in Society, 72 (4), 202-211.

McCartney, K., Robeson, W.W., Jordan, E., & Mouradian, V. (1991). Mothers' language with first- and second-born children: A within family study. In K. Pillemer, & K. McCartney, (Eds.) Parent-child relations throughout life (pp. 125-142).  Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Seligson, M., Fersh, E., Marshall, N. L., Marx, F. & Baden, R.K. (1990). School-age child care:  The Challenges facing families. Families in Society. 71 (6), 324-331.

* Robeson & Marshall are members of the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network and listed as authors under the corporate authorship banner.