Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-227

  Ladd, Helen F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861617589     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21615     Document Type: Article

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