Why does cultural capital matter for high school academic performance? An empirical assessment of teacher-selection and self-selection mechanisms as explanations of the cultural capital effect

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 173-200

  Wildhagen, Tina ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 58249124932     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2008.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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