Child care subsidies and child development

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 618-638

  Herbst, Chris M ^a   Tekin, Erdal ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care subsidies; Child development

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 77953082506     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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