Assets, economic opportunity and toxic stress: A framework for understanding child and educational outcomes

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-170

  Williams Shanks, Trina R ^a   Robinson, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Stillwaters Consultation   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Children; Education; Risk; Toxic Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871591563     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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