A cross-country comparison of math achievement at teen age and cognitive performance 40 years later

Demographic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-118

  Skirbekk, Vegard ^a   Bordone, Valeria ^a   Weber, Daniela ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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EID: 84906069713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.4     Document Type: Article

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