Do comprehensive schools reduce social mobility?

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-110

  Boliver, Vikki ^a   Swift, Adam ^b  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comprehensive; Grammar; Selective schools; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952092364     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2010.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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