College quality and the positive selection hypothesis: The 'second filter' on family background in high-paid jobs

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-47

  Borgen, Nicolai T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

College quality; Returns to education; Second filter on family background; The negative selection hypothesis; The positive selection hypothesis; Unconditional quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914159630     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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