Parental networks, social closure, and mathematics learning: A test of coleman's social capital explanation of school effects

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 661-681

  Morgan, Stephen L ^a   Sørensen, Aage B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LEARNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033396976     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657368     Document Type: Article

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