Expansion and inequality of educational opportunity: A comparative study

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-31

  Bar Haim, Eyal ^a   Shavit, Yossi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CNTS; Comparative research; Educational attainment; Educational expansion; ESS; Social stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870160285     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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