Trends in educational attainment by race/ethnicity, nativity, and sex in the United States, 1989-2005

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1543-1566

  Everett, Bethany G ^a   Rogers, Richard G ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^b   Krueger, Patrick M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort; Education; Nativity; Race ethnicity; Sex

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; LABOR MARKET; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860389484     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2010.543139     Document Type: Article

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