Has education become more positional? Educational expansion and labour market outcomes, 1985–2007

Acta Sociologica (United Kingdom)

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-120

  Bol, Thijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

education; educational expansion; ISSP; labour market; positional good

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927516595     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699315570918     Document Type: Article

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