Impacts of child care subsidies on family and child well-being

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 498-511

  Brooks, Fred ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care subsidies; Child well being; Family well being; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036457759     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(02)00186-2     Document Type: Article

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