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Old 02-12-2014, 09:47 PM   #1
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Default Mormons had an advantage at the time of their founding? (Amy Chua)

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It turns out that a group’s immigration history explains differences in achievement much better than does the Triple Package theory. For many groups, like Cubans and Mormons, the early wave was a select group endowed with some significant material or nonmaterial resources—wealth, education, or maybe a government resettlement package.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health..._reviewed.html

I"m trying to think what that is.
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