Parental expenditures on children's education

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-241

  Mauldin, Teresa ^a,c   Mimura, Yoko ^a,c   Lino, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's education expenditures; Primary and secondary educational expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444272016     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016647806016     Document Type: Article

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