Class origins, education and occupational attainment in Britain: Secular trends or cohort-specific effects?

European Societies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-375

  Bukodi, Erzsébet ^a   Goldthorpe, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort effects; Education; Occupational attainment; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960614797     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2011.568259     Document Type: Article

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