School achievement of pupils from the lower strata in public, private government-dependent and private government-independent schools: A cross-national test of the Coleman-Hoffer thesis

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-208

  Corten, Rense ^a   Dronkers, Jaap ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 33646452422     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610600587032     Document Type: Article

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