Parental income, assets, borrowing constraints and children's post-secondary education

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 585-594

  Huang, Jin ^a   Guo, Baorong ^b   Kim, Youngmi ^a   Sherraden Michael, M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; College entry; Economic resources; Educational attainment; Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949095459     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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