The socio-economic gradient in children's reading skills and the role of genetics
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Reading; Genes; Gene-environment interaction; ALSPAC;All these keywords.
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- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-URE-2013-06-09 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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