Accumulating advantages over time: Family experiences and social class inequality in academic achievement

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1018-1032

  Potter, Daniel ^a   Roksa, Josipa ^b  

^a American Institutes for Research ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cumulative; Family; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878377034     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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