Do all roads lead to Rome? Effect of educational trajectories on educational transitions

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-44

  Milesi, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

College completion; College enrollment; Educational attainment; Educational transitions model; Event history methods; NLSY79; Social stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949594327     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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