Taking stock of ten years of research on the relationship between assets and children's educational outcomes: Implications for theory, policy and intervention

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2312-2328

  Elliott, William ^a   Destin, Mesmin ^b   Friedline, Terri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Child Development Accounts (CDAs); College attendance; College graduation; Identity based motivation; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053441015     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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