Persistent inequality in educational attainment and its institutional context

European Sociological Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-565

  Pfeffer, Fabian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 56749181051     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn026     Document Type: Article

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