Family structure and children's educational outcomes: Blended families, stylized facts, and descriptive regressions

Demography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 671-696

  Ginther, Donna K ^a   Pollak, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 11944269500     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2004.0031     Document Type: Article

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