Corrosive inequality? Structural determinants of educational and occupational expectations in comparative perspective

International Education Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 57-78

  Sikora, Joanna ^a   Saha, Lawrence J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Educational expectations; Inequality; Occupational expectations; PISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149153082     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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