Explaining educational differentials: Towards a formal rational action theory

Rationality and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-305

  Breen, Richard ^a,b,c   Goldthorpe, John H ^d  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Educational expansion; Educational inequality; Gender; Odds ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944580133     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346397009003002     Document Type: Article

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