The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers in the USA

Journal of Population Economics - Tập 20 Số 4 - Trang 719-741 - 2007
David M. Blau1, Erdal Tekin2,3
1Department of Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
2Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
3NBER, Cambridge, USA

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