The economic cost of behavioural disorders in substitute care

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-200

  Delfabbro, Paul H ^a   Barber, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Elasticity; Foster care; Labour supply; Loadings

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842501978     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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