Educational systems and inequalities in educational attainment in central and Eastern European countries

Studies of Transition States and Societies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-83

  Kogan, Irena ^a   Gebel, Michael ^a   Noelke, Clemens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Comparative research; Educational attainment; Educational systems; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872526942     PISSN: 1736874X     EISSN: 17368758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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