Equal access but unequal outcomes: Cultural capital and educational choice in a meritocratic society

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1943-1972

  Jæger, Mads Meier ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 73449135157     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0192     Document Type: Article

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