A comparison of family and neighborhood effects on grades, test scores, educational attainment and income-evidence from Sweden

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-226

  Lindahl, Lena ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family background; Neighborhoods; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959581260     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-010-9144-1     Document Type: Article

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