Does cultural capital really affect academic achievement? new evidence from combined sibling and panel data

Sociology of Education

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-298

  Jæger, Mads Meier ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

academic success; Bourdieu; cultural capital; fixed effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053545679     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040711417010     Document Type: Article

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