TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - The effects of daycare: Persistent questions, elusive answers
JO  - Early childhood research quarterly
A1  - Shpancer, Noam
SP  - 227
EP  - 237
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
N2  - Despite nearly half a century of research on the effects of daycare on children, the fundamental question of whether non-parental daycare adversely affects young children has not been answered conclusively. This article explores the conceptual and methodological difficulties associated with daycare research and how the unique socio-historical place of the daycare issue in American society interacts with inherent difficulties in the science-policy relationship to render a conclusive answer unfeasible.<p /> 
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SN  - 0885-2006
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.04.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -