Poverty and materialism: A look at impoverished versus affluent children

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-92

  Chaplin, Lan Nguyen ^a   Hill, Ronald Paul ^b   John, Deborah Roedder ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Materialism; Poverty; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901650291     PISSN: 07439156     EISSN: 15477207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jppm.13.050     Document Type: Article

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