Do child care centers benefit poor children after school entry?

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-231

  Bassok, Daphna ^a   French, Desiree ^b   Fuller, Bruce ^b,d   Lynn Kagan, Sharon ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care effects; Family poverty; Maternal practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649102846     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X08094446     Document Type: Article

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