Effects of inequality, family and school on mathematics achievement: Country and student differences

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1645-1676

  Chiu, Ming Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 78049270418     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0019     Document Type: Article

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