Mandatory welfare-to-work programs and preschool-age children: Do impacts persist into middle childhood?

Developmental Contexts in Middle Childhood: Bridges to Adolescence and Adulthood

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 350-369

  McGroder, Sharon M ^a   Zaslow, Martha J ^b   Moore, Kristin A ^c   Brooks, Jennifer L ^d  

^a LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^b Director of Early Childhood ^*  (United States)

^c CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^d ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 36749095264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499760.018     Document Type: Chapter

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