Preschool and school readiness of children of immigrants

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1241-1262

  Magnuson, Katherine ^a   Lahaie, Claudia ^b   Waldfogel, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 33750912603     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00426.x     Document Type: Review

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