The dynamics of economic disadvantage and children's life chances

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 847-866

  Wagmiller Jr , Robert L ^a   Kuang, Li ^b   Aber, J Lawrence ^c   Lennon, Mary Clare ^b   Alberti, Philip M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC THEORY; HUMAN CAPITAL; MODELING; POVERTY;

EID: 33751235587     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100507     Document Type: Article

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