Parent-child symbolic pay: Three theories in search of an effect

Developmental Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 382-400

  Bornstein, Marc H ^a   Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21844509336     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/drev.1995.1015     Document Type: Article

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