Employment patterns of less-skilled workers: Links to children's behavior and academic progress

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 747-772

  Johnson, Rucker C ^a   Kalil, Ariel ^b   Dunifon, Rachel E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Maternal employment; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859517084     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0086-4     Document Type: Article

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