The demography of social mobility: Black-white differences in the process of educational reproduction1

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1509-1558

  Maralani, Vida ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879596362     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670719     Document Type: Article

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