Attainment in secondary school

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 300-321

  Feinstein, Leon ^a   Symons, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032989396     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/51.2.300     Document Type: Article

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