Changes in intergenerational mobility and educational inequality in Estonia: Comparative analysis of cohorts born between 1930 and 1974

European Sociological Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-383

  Saar, Ellu ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

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EID: 77953257832     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcp049     Document Type: Article

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