Educational homogamy: How much is opportunities?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1066-1086

  Nielsen, Helena Skyt ^a   Svarer, Michael ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 70449433747     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.44.4.1066     Document Type: Article

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