Policy lessons from children's allowances for children's savings accounts

Child Welfare

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 661-687

  Curley, Jami ^a   Sherraden, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034330509     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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