Patterns of child care subsidy receipt and the stability of child care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1834-1844

  Ha, Yoonsook ^a   Magnuson, Katherine ^b   Ybarra, Marci ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and family policy; Child care; Child care instability; Child care subsidies; Low income working families

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863866647     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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