Educational fields of study and the intergenerational mobility process in comparative perspective

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 369-388

  Jackson, Michelle ^a   Luijkx, Ruud ^b   Pollak, Reinhard ^c   Vallet, Louis André ^d   van de Werfhorst, Herman G ^e  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Class destination; Class origin; Education; Field of study; Intergenerational mobility

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 48849105369     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715208093082     Document Type: Article

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