Family background and gender differences in educational expectations

Economics Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-127

  Kleinjans, Kristin J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational expectations; Gender differences; Intergenerational correlation; Socioeconomic background

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950936827     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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