The source of Black-White inequality in early language acquisition: Evidence from Early Head Start

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1429-1450

  Kreisman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Factor analysis; Growth model; Head Start; Home language environment; Language; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866535621     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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