Should we subsidise pre-school childcare, and if so, how?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 39-61

  Duncan, Alan ^a   Giles, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002416739     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1996.tb00493.x     Document Type: Article

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