Asset holding and educational attainment among African American youth

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1497-1507

  Elliott, William ^a   Kim, Kevin ^a   Jung, Hyunzee ^a   Zhan, Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Child Development Accounts; Children's school savings; Math; Panel Study of Income Dynamics; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956426940     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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