Who actually goes to university?

Empirical Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 333-357

  Marcenaro Gutierrez, Oscar ^a   Galindo Rueda, Fernando ^b   Vignoles, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education participation; Higher education; Socio economic gap

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249877413     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-006-0090-5     Document Type: Article

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