Cultural capital and its effects on education outcomes

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-213

  Tramonte, Lucia ^a   Willms, J Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Educational achievement; Human capital; School segregation

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LITERACY; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77649337251     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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