Do early life cognitive ability and self-regulation skills explain socio-economic inequalities in academic achievement? An effect decomposition analysis in UK and Australian cohorts

Socio-economic inequalities in academic achievement emerge early in life and are observed across the globe. Cognitive ability and “non-cognitive” attributes (such as self-regulation) are the focus of many early years’ interventions. Despite this, little research has compared the contributions of ear...

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Main Authors: Pearce, Anna, Sawyer, Alyssa C.P., Chittleborough, Catherine R., Mittinty, Murthy N., Law, Catherine, Lynch, John W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pergamon 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5012893/