Family structure and child outcomes: A high definition, wide angle "snapshot"

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-374

  Conway, Karen Smith ^a   Li, Minghua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health and development; Family structure; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865431712     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-011-9121-x     Document Type: Article

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