Success and failure in secondary education: Socio-economic background effects on secondary school outcome in the Netherlands, 1927-1998

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-290

  Tieben, Nicole ^a   Wolbers, Maarten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Inequality; Reforms; Tracking; Transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951653894     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425691003700516     Document Type: Article

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