Public policy and the effect of sibship size on educational achievement: A comparative study of 20 countries

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 874-887

  Park, Hyunjoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Educational achievement; Public policy; Sibship size

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849103989     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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