Higher education entry of Turkish immigrant youth in Germany

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 127-151

  Kristen, Cornelia ^a   Reimer, David ^b   Kogan, Irena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Educational inequality; Germany; Immigrants; Tertiary education

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 43149087083     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715208088909     Document Type: Article

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