The relationship between child care subsidies and children's cognitive development

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 388-404

  Hawkinson, Laura E ^a   Griffen, Andrew S ^b   Dong, Nianbo ^c   Maynard, Rebecca A ^d  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Child care subsidies; Preschool; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873878059     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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