Horizontal Stratification of Higher Education in Russia: Trends, Gender Differences, and Labor Market Outcomes

Sociology of Education

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-59

  Gerber, Theodore P ^a   Schaefer, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 1342331399     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003804070407700102     Document Type: Article

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