Does capital at home matter more than capital at school? Social capital effects on academic achievement

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-21

  Dufur, Mikaela J ^a   Parcel, Toby L ^b   Troutman, Kelly P ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Families; Schools; Social capital; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870226745     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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