Subsidizing child care: How child care subsidies affect the child care used by low-income African American families

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-392

  Weinraub, Marsha ^a   Shlay, Anne B ^a   Harmon, Michelle ^a   Tran, Henry ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Low income families; Poverty; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644442797     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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