Childhood (Mis)fortune, educational attainment, and adult health: Contingent benefits of a college degree?

Social Forces

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1007-1034

  Schafer, Markus H ^a   Wilkinson, Lindsay R ^b   Ferraro, Kenneth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874089068     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sos192     Document Type: Article

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