Determination of college expectations in OECD countries: The role of individual and structural factors

Sociologicky Casopis

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1121-1148

  Matějů, Petr ^a   Smith, Michael L ^a   Soukup, Petr ^a   Basl, Josef ^a  

^a Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ability; Aspirations; Higher education; Inequality; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949180583     PISSN: 00380288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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