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Parental Debt and Child Well-Being: What Type of Debt Matters for Child Outcomes?

Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Allison Dwyer Emory, Kasey J. Eickmeyer, Maureen R. Waller, Daniel P. Miller
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences August 2021, 7 (3) 122-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.3.06
Lenna Nepomnyaschy
aAssociate professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work, United States
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Allison Dwyer Emory
bAssistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University at Buffalo, United States
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Kasey J. Eickmeyer
cSenior research methodologist at the Center for Policing Equity, United States
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Maureen R. Waller
dProfessor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University, United States
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Daniel P. Miller
eAssociate professor at the Boston University School of Social Work, United States
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