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Parental Risk Attituted and Children's Accademic Test Scores: Evidence from the U.S. panel Study of Income Dynamics

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Parental Risk Attituted and Children's Accademic Test Scores: Evidence from the U.S. panel Study of Income Dynamics. / Brown, Sarah; Ortiz-Nunez, Aurora; Taylor, Karl.
In: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 59, No. 1, 02.2012, p. 47-70.

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Brown, S, Ortiz-Nunez, A & Taylor, K 2012, 'Parental Risk Attituted and Children's Accademic Test Scores: Evidence from the U.S. panel Study of Income Dynamics', Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 47-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00568.x

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Brown, S., Ortiz-Nunez, A., & Taylor, K. (2012). Parental Risk Attituted and Children's Accademic Test Scores: Evidence from the U.S. panel Study of Income Dynamics. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 59(1), 47-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00568.x

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Brown S, Ortiz-Nunez A, Taylor K. Parental Risk Attituted and Children's Accademic Test Scores: Evidence from the U.S. panel Study of Income Dynamics. Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 2012 Feb;59(1):47-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00568.x

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Brown, Sarah ; Ortiz-Nunez, Aurora ; Taylor, Karl. / Parental Risk Attituted and Children's Accademic Test Scores: Evidence from the U.S. panel Study of Income Dynamics. In: Scottish Journal of Political Economy. 2012 ; Vol. 59, No. 1. pp. 47-70.

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