Scholastic ability vs family background in educational success: Evidence from Danish sample survey data

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-120

  McIntosh, James ^a,b   Munk, Martin D ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Educational mobility; Test scores; Unobservable heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846509877     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0061-3     Document Type: Article

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