Regulation, subsidy receipt and provider characteristics: What predicts quality in child care homes?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-184

  Raikes, H Abigail ^a   Raikes, Helen H ^a   Wilcox, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care regulations; Child care subsidies; Family child care quality; State child care policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344389748     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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