Parental childcare and children's educational attainment: Evidence from China

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2067-2076

  Li, Hongbin ^a   Yao, Xianguo ^b   Zhang, Junsen ^a   Zhou, Li An ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; EDUCATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 27744571219     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500293391     Document Type: Article

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