National income, income inequality, and the importance of schools: A hierarchical cross-national comparison

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 626-658

  Chudgar, Amita ^a   Luschei, Thomas F ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Family; Income; Inequality; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951432040     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831209340043     Document Type: Article

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