Estimating the effects of Head Start on parenting and child maltreatment

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1119-1129

  Zhai, Fuhua ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Head Start; Parenting; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878665550     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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