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The Socioeconomic Gradient of Child Development: Cross-Sectional Evidence from Children 6–42 Months in Bogota

Marta Rubio-Codina, Orazio Attanasio, Costas Meghir, Natalia Varela and Sally Grantham-McGregor
Journal of Human Resources, March 2015, 50 (2) 464-483; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.2.464
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Marta Rubio-Codina, Orazio Attanasio, Costas Meghir, Natalia Varela, Sally Grantham-McGregor
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