The Impact of a Holistic Conditional Cash Transfer Program in New York City on Parental Financial Investment, Student Time Use, and Educational Processes and Outcomes

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 334-363

  Aber, J Lawrence ^a   Morris, Pamela ^a   Wolf, Sharon ^a   Berg, Juliette ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conditional cash transfers; financial investments; high school; time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975129977     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2015.1107925     Document Type: Article

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