Child care subsidy and quality

Early Education and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-342

  Jones Branch, Julie A ^a   Torquati, Julia C ^a   Raikes, Helen ^a   Edwards, Carolyn Pope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 20344386796     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed1503_5     Document Type: Article

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