Welfare and the family size decision of low-income, two-parent families

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 607-610

  Gensler, Howard ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY SIZE; WELFARE IMPACT;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POVERTY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031431745     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/758533283     Document Type: Article

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