Social closure among the higher educated: Trends in educational homogamy in 55 countries

Social Science Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-277

  Smits, Jeroen ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0038519659     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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