Family poverty, welfare reform, and child development

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 188-196

  Duncan, Greg J ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFANT; POLICY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFANT; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 0033658125     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00133     Document Type: Article

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