Educational mobility across three generations: The changing impact of parental social class, economic, cultural and social capital

European Societies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 527-550

  Jaeger, Mads Meier ^a  

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

Author keywords

Denmark; Educational attainment; Family background; Mixed logit model; Social class; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548654455     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690701449568     Document Type: Article

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