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Rising Inequality in Family Incomes and Children's Educational Outcomes

Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2016, 2 (2) 142-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.2.06
Greg J. Duncan
aDistinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine
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Richard J. Murnane
bThompson Research Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane
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Greg J. Duncan, Richard J. Murnane
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2016, 2 (2) 142-158; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.2.06
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    • GROWING GAPS IN ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTAINMENT
    • HOW RISING INEQUALITY INFLUENCES CHILDREN'S SKILLS AND ATTAINMENTS
    • IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN
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