Childcare subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 453-487

  Tekin, Erdal ^a,b,c,d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NBER ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HCEO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAGE;

EID: 34247244569     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xlii.2.453     Document Type: Article

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