Equalisation or inflation? Social class and gender differentials in England and Wales

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-240

  Sullivan, Alice ^a   Heath, Anthony ^b   Rothon, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79953174607     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2011.559380     Document Type: Article

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