Young children's perceptions of college and saving: Potential role of Child Development Accounts

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1577-1584

  Elliott, William ^a,b   Sherraden, Margaret ^b,c   Johnson, Lissa ^b   Guo, Baorong ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Child development accounts; Children's perceptions; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956438405     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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