Child-care subsidies and school readiness in kindergarten

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1806-1822

  Johnson, Anna D ^a   Martin, Anne ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECONOMICS; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSERY SCHOOL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; READING; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876721415     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12073     Document Type: Article

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