@article{574e439292334b9b81fa82a9eda8e7f6,
title = "Child daycare policy in Japan: an examination of the program and its impacts",
keywords = "child daycare policy, family policy, Japan's child daycare, public/private partnerships",
author = "Palley, {Howard A.} and Chikako Usui",
note = "Recent reforms with regard to Japan's child daycare policies have moved in the direction of deregulation, increased privatization and private/public partnerships. These reforms have substantially increased the availability of diversity of child daycare services. However, initiatives creating diversity have introduced issues of lack of equal access to highly desired services as, with privatization, higher quality services may cost more.",
year = "2008",
month = jan,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1080/17486830802231156",
language = "American English",
volume = "24",
journal = "Journal of Comparative Social Welfare",
}