The dynamics of school attainment of England's ethnic minorities

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 681-700

  Wilson, Deborah ^a   Burgess, Simon ^a   Briggs, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnic test score gap; School attainment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751671227     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0269-0     Document Type: Article

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