Family income and educational attainment: A review of approaches and evidence for Britain

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-263

  Blanden, Jo ^a   Gregg, Paul ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242883058     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grh014     Document Type: Article

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