Does social capital still matter? Immigrant minority disadvantage in school-specific social capital and its effects on academic achievement

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-52

  Kao, Grace ^a   Rutherford, Lindsay Taggart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33947650152     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2007.50.1.27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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