Meeting the basic needs of children: Does income matter?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1138-1148

  Gennetian, Lisa A ^a   Castells, Nina ^b   Morris, Pamela A ^c  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MDRC ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Policy; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955094854     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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