Child care and school performance in Denmark and the United States

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 576-589

  Esping Andersen, Gosta ^a   Garfinkel, Irwin ^a   Han, Wen Jui ^a   Magnuson, Katherine ^a   Wagner, Sander ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Child care; Cognitive achievement; DALSC; ECLS K; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856660674     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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