Preschool television viewing and adolescent test scores: Historical evidence from the coleman study

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 279-323

  Gentzkow, Matthew ^a   Shapiro, Jesse M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 42149119505     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.279     Document Type: Article

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