Barriers to subsidies: Why low-income families do not use child care subsidies

Social Science Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 134-157

  Shlay, Anne B ^a   Weinraub, Marsha ^a   Harmon, Michelle ^a   Tran, Henry ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care subsidy; Low income employment; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342285206     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(03)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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