A cross-national perspective on policies to promote investments in children

Family Investments in Children's Potential: Resources and Parenting Behaviors That Promote Success

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 237-262

  Waldfogel, Jane ^a,b  

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

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84889381587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410610874     Document Type: Chapter

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