A regional comparative static CGE analysis of subsidized child care

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-139

  Rickman, Dan S ^a   Snead, Mark C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SERVICE PROVISION; SERVICE SECTOR; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 33947603716     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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