Intrayear Household Income Dynamics and Adolescent School Behavior

Demography

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 455-483

  Gennetian, Lisa A ^a,b   Wolf, Sharon ^c   Hill, Heather D ^d   Morris, Pamela A ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent school behavior; Household income; Income dynamics; SIPP data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84939999657     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-015-0370-9     Document Type: Article

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