Educational inequalities among school leavers in Ireland 1979-1994

Economic and Social Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-284

  Smyth, Emer ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

IRELAND;

EID: 0033492147     PISSN: 00129984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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