Are public expenditures associated with better child outcomes in the U.S.? A comparison across 50 states

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-125

  Harknett, Kristen ^a,g   Garfinkel, Irwin ^b,g   Bainbridge, Jay ^b,c   Smeeding, Timothy ^d,g,h   Folbre, Nancy ^e,i   McLanahan, Sara ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Government of New york   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g 271 McNeil Building ^*  (Luxembourg)

^h Center for Policy Research

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIAL POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244485147     PISSN: 15297489     EISSN: 15302415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2005.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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