Cultural capital or relative risk aversion? Two mechanisms for educational inequality compared

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-415

  Van De Werfhorst, Herman G ^a   Hofstede, Saskia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Regioplan Policy Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural reproduction; Educational inequality; Primary and secondary effects; Rational choice; Social stratification; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS;

CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34548185464     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2007.00157.x     Document Type: Review

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