Maternal Education, early child care and the reproduction of advantage

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-30

  Augustine, Jennifer March ^a   Cavanagh, Shannon E ^a   Crosnoe, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 73649089619     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0233     Document Type: Article

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