The geographic accessibility of child care subsidies and evidence on the impact of subsidy receipt on childhood obesity

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-52

  Herbst, Chris M ^a   Tekin, Erdal ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care subsidies; Childhood obesity; Program participation; Spatial accessibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155154322     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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