Childcare regulations: A method to pursue social welfare goals?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-146

  Queralt, Magaly ^a   Witte, Ann ^a  

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EID: 0033074508     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(99)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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