Do family policy regimes matter for childrens well-being?

Social Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-124

  Engster, Daniel ^a   Stensöta, Helena Olofsdotter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; POLICY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FAMILY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79952681682     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxr006     Document Type: Article

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