The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 665-680

  Berlinski, Samuel ^a,b   Galiani, Sebastian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female labor supply; Pre primary education; Public education; School enrollment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247250741     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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