Racial inequality and college attendance: The mediating role of parental investments

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 329-352

  Charles, Camille Z ^a   Roscigno, Vincent J ^b   Torres, Kimberly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Ethnicity; Inequality; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750941750     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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