Social and Genetic Pathways in Multigenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment

American Sociological Review

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 278-304

  Liu, Hexuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

educational attainment; multigenerational influence; socio genomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043321244     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122418759651     Document Type: Article

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