The political economy of subsidized day care

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 443-457

  Bergstrom, Ted ^a   Blomquist, Sören ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Day care; Labor supply; Political economy; Public provision of private goods; Subsidy; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030295752     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(96)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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