Expanding Education and Improving Odds? Participation in Higher Education in Finland in the 1980s and 1990s

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-181

  Kivinen, Osmo ^a,b   Ahola, Sakari ^a   Hedman, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FlN 20014 University of nirku   (Finland)

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EID: 0035650146     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000169930104400205     Document Type: Article

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