The Effects of a Time-Limited Welfare Program on Children: The Moderating Role of Parents' Risk of Welfare Dependency

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 851-874

  Morris, Pamela ^a   Bloom, Dan ^b   Kemple, James ^b   Hendra, Richard ^b  

^a MDRC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141653791     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00572     Document Type: Article

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