Intergenerational payoffs of education

Future of Children

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-78

  Kaushal, Neeraj ^a  

^a National Bureau of Economic Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899883454     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.2014.0005     Document Type: Article

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