The quality of time spent with children in Australian households

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-266

  Kalenkoski, Charlene M ^a   Foster, Gigi ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Child care quality; Time diary data

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249178549     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-008-9036-3     Document Type: Article

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