Child care choices in spain

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-338

  Borra, Cristina ^a   Palma, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child care; Multinomial logit; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949268359     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-009-9167-6     Document Type: Article

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