Do peers influence children's skill development in preschool?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 100-112

  Henry, Gary T ^a   Rickman, Dana K ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA SET; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HUMAN CAPITAL; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845891609     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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