Toegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

This study maps the accessibility of childcare facilities in the Brussels-Capital Region. It applies a multi-dimensional definition of accessibility, which takes geographical, financial, social, cultural and practical aspects into account as well as considering the application of priority rules. A d...

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Main Authors: Charlotte Casier, Anneloes Vandenbroucke, Jean-Michel Decroly, Pierre Marissal, Michel Vandenbroeck
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Language:English
Published: Université libre de Bruxelles - ULB 2025-05-01
Series:Brussels Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/brussels/8429
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author Charlotte Casier
Anneloes Vandenbroucke
Jean-Michel Decroly
Pierre Marissal
Michel Vandenbroeck
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description This study maps the accessibility of childcare facilities in the Brussels-Capital Region. It applies a multi-dimensional definition of accessibility, which takes geographical, financial, social, cultural and practical aspects into account as well as considering the application of priority rules. A doubly constrained gravity model exposed the differences in geographical and financial accessibility and formed the basis of a typology of childcare facilities. Subsequently, a survey was conducted among both French- and Dutch-speaking facilities, which served as a basis to enrich the typology. The study emphasises the need for more – many more – childcare places. These are especially needed in the west of the Region, and they should preferably apply means-tested rates to ensure that they are also accessible to single-parent families and jobseekers, for example. Finding childcare is also a challenge for parents with atypical working hours. The more facilities there are in areas where demand is much higher than supply, the more efforts they make with social and cultural accessibility.
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spelling doaj-art-9b4b4690da3f4469bbab65ea7d75840e2025-08-20T03:35:24ZengUniversité libre de Bruxelles - ULBBrussels Studies2031-02932025-05-0110.4000/13w1xToegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk GewestCharlotte CasierAnneloes VandenbrouckeJean-Michel DecrolyPierre MarissalMichel VandenbroeckThis study maps the accessibility of childcare facilities in the Brussels-Capital Region. It applies a multi-dimensional definition of accessibility, which takes geographical, financial, social, cultural and practical aspects into account as well as considering the application of priority rules. A doubly constrained gravity model exposed the differences in geographical and financial accessibility and formed the basis of a typology of childcare facilities. Subsequently, a survey was conducted among both French- and Dutch-speaking facilities, which served as a basis to enrich the typology. The study emphasises the need for more – many more – childcare places. These are especially needed in the west of the Region, and they should preferably apply means-tested rates to ensure that they are also accessible to single-parent families and jobseekers, for example. Finding childcare is also a challenge for parents with atypical working hours. The more facilities there are in areas where demand is much higher than supply, the more efforts they make with social and cultural accessibility.https://journals.openedition.org/brussels/8429territorial developmentsocial inequalitiessocial policiesurban infrastractures
spellingShingle Charlotte Casier
Anneloes Vandenbroucke
Jean-Michel Decroly
Pierre Marissal
Michel Vandenbroeck
Toegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Brussels Studies
territorial development
social inequalities
social policies
urban infrastractures
title Toegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
title_full Toegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
title_fullStr Toegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
title_full_unstemmed Toegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
title_short Toegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
title_sort toegankelijkheid van kinderopvangvoorzieningen in het brussels hoofdstedelijk gewest
topic territorial development
social inequalities
social policies
urban infrastractures
url https://journals.openedition.org/brussels/8429
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