Effects of a poverty intervention policy demonstration on parenting and child behavior: A test of the direction of effects

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 344-365

  Epps, Sylvia R ^a,c   Huston, Aletha C ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 34247340613     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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