Parental background, secondary school track choice, and wages

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-230

  Dustmann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 1842782341     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpf048     Document Type: Article

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