Ethnic inequality in choice-driven education systems: A longitudinal study of performance and choice in england and sweden

Sociology of Education

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-178

  Jackson, Michelle ^a   Jonsson, Jan O ^b   Rudolphi, Frida ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

educational inequality; educational systems; ethnic minority; immigrant students; primary and secondary effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858326024     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040711427311     Document Type: Article

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