Welfare Policies and Very Young Children: Experimental Data on Stage-Environment Fit

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1557-1571

  Hill, Heather D ^a   Morris, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MDRC   (United States)

Author keywords

infants and toddlers; maternal employment; stage environment fit; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DAY CARE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349105017     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013913     Document Type: Article

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