The role of savings and wealth in reducing 'wilt' between expectations and college attendance

Journal of Children and Poverty

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-185

  Elliott III, William ^a   Beverly, Sondra G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Development Accounts; college attendance; college expectations; Panel Study of Income Dynamics; savings; wealth, assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053440089     PISSN: 10796126     EISSN: 14699389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2011.538375     Document Type: Article

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