Origins of social immobility and inequality: Parenting and early child development

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-71

  Ermisch, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Parental investment; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249120768     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: 17413036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950108096589     Document Type: Article

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