Family child care finances and their effect on quality and incentives

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 512-538

  Helburn, Suzanne W ^a   Morris, John R ^a   Modigliani, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Family Child Care Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care policy; Earnings; Family child care; Finances; Incentives; Providers; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036457319     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(02)00188-6     Document Type: Article

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