Inequality in Pupils' Test Scores: How Much do Family, Sibling Type and Neighbourhood Matter?

Economica

Volumn 80, Issue 318, 2013, Pages 197-218

  Nicoletti, Cheti ^a   Rabe, Birgitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; LANGUAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIMARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84874984657     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12010     Document Type: Article

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