Children's cognitive ability and parents' education: Distinguishing the impact of mothers and fathers

Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 261-285

  Jerrim, John ^a   Micklewright, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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