Education, Employers and Class Mobility

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 23, Issue , 2005, Pages 3-33

  Jackson, Michelle ^a   Goldthorpe, John H ^a   Mills, Colin ^a  

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EID: 33645917680     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0276-5624(05)23001-9     Document Type: Review

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