Weak performance-strong determination: School achievement and educational choice among children of immigrants in Sweden

European Sociological Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-508

  Jonsson, Jan O ^a   Rudolphi, Frida ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 80051617318     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcq021     Document Type: Article

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