A decomposition analysis of the relationship between parental income and multiple child outcomes

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 757-782

  Washbrook, Elizabeth ^a   Gregg, Paul ^b   Propper, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Child outcomes; Distal and proximal influences; Income gradients; Multiple imputation; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027926306     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12074     Document Type: Article

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