Class, mobility and merit: The experience of two British birth cohorts

European Sociological Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-101

  Breen, Richard ^a,b   Goldthorpe, John H ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035373903     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/17.2.81     Document Type: Article

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