Non-promotion or enrolment in a lower track? The influence of social background on choices in secondary education for three cohorts of Dutch pupils

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-384

  Kloosterman, Rianne ^a   de Graaf, Paul M ^b  

^a Statistics Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77953554161     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054981003775244     Document Type: Article

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