Black-white achievement gap and family wealth

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 303-324

  Yeung, W Jean ^a   Conley, Dalton ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PARENTING; PRIVATE SECTOR; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41149106282     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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