Why do Asian Americans academically outperform Whites? - The cultural explanation revisited.

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  2016

• Venue

  Social Science Research

• Publication date

  2016-07-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.03.004PMID 27194661
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