Widening participation in higher education: Analysis using linked administrative data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 431-457

  Chowdry, Haroon ^a   Crawford, Claire ^a   Dearden, Lorraine ^a   Goodman, Alissa ^a   Vignoles, Anna ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Participation in higher education; Socio economic inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872658703     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2012.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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