Boosting family income to promote child development

Future of Children

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-120

  Duncan, Greg J ^a   Magnuson, Katherine ^b   Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; POVERTY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84899856103     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.2014.0008     Document Type: Article

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