Money matters: Does the minimum wage affect child maltreatment rates?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 60-70

  Raissian, Kerri M ^a   Bullinger, Lindsey Rose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Minimum wage; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONEY; NEGLECT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; WELFARE; WORKING POOR;

EID: 85006093163     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.09.033     Document Type: Article

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