Assets and child well-being in developed countries

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1488-1496

  Williams Shanks, Trina R ^a   Kim, Youngmi ^b   Loke, Vernon ^c   Destin, Mesmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Child development accounts; Children; Income; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956433788     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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