Do parental assets matter for children's educational attainment?: Evidence from mediation tests

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 969-979

  Kim, Youngmi ^a   Sherraden, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Development Accounts; Educational attainment; Educational expectations; Parental assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954581199     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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