The persistence of class origin inequalities among school leavers in the Republic of Ireland, 1984-1993

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-298

  Breen, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Educational inequality; Gender; Republic of Ireland; Social class; Unidiff Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000535412     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/591313     Document Type: Article

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