Why do they leave? Child care subsidy use in Oregon

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-127

  Grobe, Deana ^a   Weber, Roberta B ^a   Davis, Elizabeth E ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care subsidy; Cox regression model; Eligibility periods; Employment stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149088701     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-007-9094-3     Document Type: Article

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