A new approach to promote economic independence among at-risk children: Child Development Accounts (CDAs) in Korea

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1548-1554

  Nam Yunju, Y ^a   Han, Chang Keun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asset building; Case study; Child welfare; Issue framing; Transition to independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956446112     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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