Maternal employment and child development: A fresh look using newer methods

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 833-850

  Hill, Jennifer L ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a,b   Han, Wen Jui ^a  

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

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Imputation; Matching; Maternal employment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 28744455406     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.41.6.833     Document Type: Article

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