Do mothers’ educational expectations differ by race and ethnicity, or socioeconomic status?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-94

  Kim, Youngmi ^a   Sherraden, Michael ^b   Clancy, Margaret ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational finance; Human capital; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868259990     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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