Child care workers' wages: New evidence on returns to education, experience, job tenure and auspice

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 575-597

  Cleveland, Gordon H ^a   Hyatt, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child care; Compensation; Non profit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036706527     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480100106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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