The influence of local price and availability on parents' choice of child care

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-334

  Davis, Elizabeth E ^a   Connelly, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Employment of mothers; Multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; GENDER; MARKET; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644531611     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-005-8515-y     Document Type: Article

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