The Quest for More and More Education: Implications for Social Mobility

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-286

  Lindley, Joanne ^a   Machin, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Inequality; Social mobility; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862585348     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2012.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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