Assets and liabilities, educational expectations, and children's college degree attainment

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 846-854

  Zhan, Min ^a   Sherraden, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; College education; Educational expectations; Liabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954626755     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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