Child Care Policy Reform and the Employment of Single Mothers

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 771-791

  Bainbridge, Jay ^a,c   Meyers, Marcia K ^b   Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Natl Center for Children in Poverty   (United States)

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EID: 0345491446     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0038-4941.2003.08404002.x     Document Type: Article

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