Whether the environment matters more for children in poverty

Experience and Development: A Festschrift in Honor of Sandra Wood Scarr

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 99-124

  McCartney, Kathleen ^a   Berry, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203838013     Document Type: Chapter

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