Higher ground: New hope for the working poor and their children

Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and their Children

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-172

  Duncan, Greg J ^a   Huston, Aletha C ^b   Weisner, Thomas S ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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