Educational assortative mating and the family background of the next generation

Sociological Theory and Methods

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-278

  Mare, Robert D ^a   Schwartz, Christine R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Educational attainment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847779415     PISSN: 09131442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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