Economic transition, school expansion and educational inequality in China, 1990-2000

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-108

  Wu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Educational inequality; Market transition; Social stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949432104     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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