Birth order effects on young students' academic achievement

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 824-832

  Bonesrønning, Hans ^a   Massih, Sofia Sandgren ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth order; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053369712     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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