Generative mechanisms and multivariate statistical analysis: Modeling educational opportunity inequality with a multi-matrix log-linear topological model: Contributions and limitations

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 721-758

  Manzo, Gianluca ^a,b,c  

^a Paris Sorbonne University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Empirical quantitative sociology; Generative mechanisms; Inequalities of educational opportunity; Log linear topological modeling; Rational action

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749855457     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-005-3963-3     Document Type: Article

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