Household instability and self-regulation among poor children

Journal of Children and Poverty

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-152

  McCoy, Dana Charles ^a   Raver, C Cybele ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

instability; mobility; selection bias; self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916227757     PISSN: 10796126     EISSN: 14699389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2014.976185     Document Type: Article

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