Equal opportunity for all? Parental economic resources and children's educational attainment

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 625-634

  Nam, Yunju ^a   Huang, Jin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets (wealth); Economic resources; Education; Income; Mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349100936     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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