No child left behind: Subsidized child care and children's long-run outcomes

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-129

  Havnes, Tarjei ^a   Mogstad, Magne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 79958141580     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.3.2.97     Document Type: Article

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