The response of household parental investment to child endowments

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-242

  Loughran, David S ^a   Datar, Ashlesha ^a   Kilburn, M Rebecca ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Parental investment; Test scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249189281     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-008-9035-4     Document Type: Article

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