Who benefits? The social distribution of subsidized childcare in Sweden and Flanders

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-142

  van Lancker, Wim ^a   Ghysels, Joris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childcare; family policy; labour market activation; redistribution; social expenditure; subsidies; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860782797     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699311433428     Document Type: Article

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