Perceptions of meritocracy in the land of opportunity

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-137

  Reynolds, Jeremy ^a   Xian, He ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GSS; Meritocracy; Mobility; Stratification beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901435556     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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