Who benefits from early childcare subsidy design in Ireland?

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-288

  Hynes, Bernie O'Donoghue ^a   Hayes, Noirin ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Early childhood education and care; Policy design; Policy tool; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873931604     PISSN: 17598273     EISSN: 17598281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/175982711X597017     Document Type: Article

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