Welfare and child-care policy effects on very young children’s child-care experiences

From Welfare to Child Care: What Happens to Young Children When Single Mothers Exchange Welfare for Work?

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 74-100

  Gennetian, Lisa A ^a   Crosby, Danielle A ^b   Huston, Aletha C ^c  

^a Manpower Demonstration Res Corp   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84919551501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203759912     Document Type: Chapter

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