The costs of being a child care teacher: Revisiting the problem of low wages

Educational Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-112

  Ackerman, Debra J ^a,b  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care wages; Early care and education quality; Feminist critical policy analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644984222     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904805285283     Document Type: Review

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