Unintended consequences of child care regulations

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-538

  Blau, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Day care; Establishments; Quality; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247255846     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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