Curricular choice: A test of a rational choice model of education

European Sociological Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-463

  Gabay Egozi, Limor ^a   Shavit, Yossi ^a   Yaish, Meir ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 77955152748     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcp031     Document Type: Review

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