Are the Reading Rich Getting Richer? Testing for the Presence of the Matthew Effect

Reading and Writing Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-115

  Huang, Francis L ^a   Moon, Tonya R ^a   Boren, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 84896831176     PISSN: 10573569     EISSN: 15210693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10573569.2013.789784     Document Type: Article

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