The Impact of Child Care Subsidies on Low-Income Single Parents: An Examination of Child Care Expenditures and Family Finances

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 30 Số 1 - Trang 43-54 - 2009
Nicole Forry1
1University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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