An empirical analysis of child care demand in Switzerland

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-66

  Banfi, Silvia ^a   Farsi, Mehdi ^a   Filippini, Massimo ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77950601922     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2008.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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