The Development of Young Children of Immigrants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1591-1607

  Washbrook, Elizabeth ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^b,e   Bradbury, Bruce ^c   Corak, Miles ^d   Ghanghro, Ali A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866164632     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01796.x     Document Type: Article

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