Parents' incomes and children's outcomes: A quasi-experiment using transfer payments from casino profits

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-115

  Akee, Randall K Q ^a,c   Copeland, William E ^b   Keeler, Gordon ^b   Angold, Adrian ^b   Costello, E Jane ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 84882280261     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.2.1.86     Document Type: Article

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