The role of higher education stratification in the reproduction of social inequality in the labor market

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-63

  Triventi, Moris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Higher education; Labor market returns; Social inequality; Social origins; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885962037     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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