The Effects of Large-Scale Economic Change and Policies on Children's Developmental Contexts and Developmental Outcomes

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 342-350

  Weiland, Christina ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development contexts; Economic change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869203067     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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