Welfare states and social mobility: How educational and social policy may affect cross-national differences in the association between occupational origins and destinations

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-365

  Beller, Emily ^a,b   Hout, Michael ^b  

^a Def Capabilities and Mgmt Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational opportunity; Mobility; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845994750     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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