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Online appendix for IFS working paper W10/16

Published on 16 September 2010

Online appendix for IFS working paper W10/16, 'Explaining the socio-economic gradient in child outcomes: the intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills'.

<p>Online appendix for IFS working paper W10/16, 'Explaining the socio-economic gradient in child outcomes: the intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills'.</p>

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Alissa Goodman

Research Fellow University College London

Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.

Claire Crawford

Claire Crawford

Research Fellow University College London

Claire is a Research Fellow at IFS, working on the determinants and consequences of participation in childcare and education for parents and children.

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Robert is a Deputy Director. His work focuses on economic inequality, labour markets and welfare policy.