Who gets what from government? Distributional consequences of child-care assistance policies

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 733-748

  Durfee, Alesha ^a   Meyers, Marcia K ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Family policy; Low income families; Maternal employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745764573     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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