Child Care at the Nexus of Practice, Policy, and Research

The Wiley Handbook of Developmental Psychology in Practice: Implementation and Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 143-170

  Hardway, Christina ^a   McCartney, Kathleen ^b,c  

^a MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Child education policy; Childcare policy; ECCE; Enrollment patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977442989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119095699.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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