Inequality in the early cognitive development of British children in the 1970 cohort

Economica

Volumn 70, Issue 277, 2003, Pages 73-97

  Feinstein, Leon ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037321725     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.t01-1-00272     Document Type: Article

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