The Consequences of Income Instability for Children's Well-Being

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-90

  Hill, Heather D ^a   Morris, Pamela ^b   Gennetian, Lisa A ^c   Wolf, Sharon ^b   Tubbs, Carly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Household chaos; Income instability; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877680823     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12018     Document Type: Article

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