Children's college aspirations and expectations: The potential role of children's development accounts (CDAs)

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 274-283

  Elliott III, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic attainment; Aspirations; Assets; Children's Development Accounts; College expectations; Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149461125     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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