“with a little help from my friends”: Social resources as an explanation of occupational status and income in west germany, the netherlands, and the united states

Social Forces

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 452-472

  de Graaf, Nan Dirk ^a   Flap, Hendrik Derk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; OCCUPATIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL RESOURCES;

GERMANY(WEST); NETHERLANDS; USA;

EID: 0024159265     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/67.2.452     Document Type: Article

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