Do mothers matter? A comparison of models of the influence of mothers' and fathers' educational and occupational status on children's educational attainment

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-42

  Korupp, Sylvia E ^a   Ganzeboom, Harry B G ^b   Van der Lippe, Tanja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Families; Historical trends; Social inequality; Status attainment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036112098     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014393223522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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