Contributions of qualitative research to understanding savings for children and youth

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-77

  Sherraden, Margaret ^a,b   Peters, Clark ^c   Wagner, Kristen ^a,b   Guo, Baorong ^a,b   Clancy, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Development Accounts (CDAs); Child Savings Accounts; College; Education; Foster youth; Qualitative methods; Saving

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; DEBT; EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCOME; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SAVINGS;

EID: 84868464080     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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