Role of income and family influence on child outcomes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 307-323

  Heckman, James J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Family resources; Parenting; Technology of skill formation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INCOME; INDEPENDENCE; INVESTMENT; LIFE CYCLE; OBSERVATION; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 45549100823     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.031     Document Type: Review

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