A new look at schooling inequalities in Italy and their trends over time

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-109

  Barone, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inequality of educational opportunity; Maximally maintained inequality; Primary effects; Secondary effects; Trends over time

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249126528     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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