'Stigmatization by Negative Selection': Explaining Less-Educated People's Decreasing Employment Opportunities

European Sociological Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-178+ii

  Solga, Heike ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 0344153467     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/18.2.159     Document Type: Review

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