Laying the foundation for employment: The role of social capital in educational achievement

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 260-287

  Israel, Glenn D ^a   Beaulieu, Lionel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Southern Rural Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Community; Rural development; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL PLANNING; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 26944444225     PISSN: 0048749X     EISSN: 0048749X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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