Late or later? A sibling analysis of the effect of maternal age on children's schooling

Social Science Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 634-650

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a,b   Kraaykamp, Gerbert ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 25144455091     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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