Hiring a nanny: The limits of private solutions to public problems

Author(s): Wrigley, Julia;
Date Issued: 1999
Publisher(s): Sage Publications USA
Description: An investigation into the socioeconomic and cultural conflicts surrounding the hiring of a live-in child care worker, based on interviews with 155 families and their nannies in the New York and Los Angeles areas
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Journal Title: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Volume Number: 563
Issue Number: 1
Page Range: 162-174
Topics: Parents & Families > Selection Of Child Care & Early Education Arrangements

Parents & Families > Family Characteristics

Policies > Economic & Social Policies
Country: United States
States: CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK
ISSN: 1552-3349 Electronic
0002-7162 Paper
Peer Reviewed: yes
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