Child well-being and intergenerational inequality

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Jonsson, Jan O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 73649149420     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-009-9062-6     Document Type: Review

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