Children's school placement in germany: Does Kindergarten attendance matter?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-270

  Spiess, C Katharina ^a   Büchel, Felix ^a,b   Wagner, Gert G ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kindergarten attendance; School placement; SOEP

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038011036     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(03)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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