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Kindergarten Entrance Age and Children’s Achievement

Impacts of State Policies, Family Background, and Peers

Todd E. Elder and Darren H. Lubotsky
Journal of Human Resources, July 2009, 44 (3) 641-683; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.3.641
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vol. 44 no. 3 641-683
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.3.641
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received June 1, 2007
  • Accepted April 1, 2008
  • Published online June 25, 2009.
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© 2009 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Todd E. Elder and
  2. Darren H. Lubotsky

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