Socioeconomic inequality in access to high-status colleges: A cross-country comparison

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-32

  Jerrim, John ^a   Chmielewski, Anna K ^b   Parker, Phil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

College access; Educational inequality; Primary and secondary effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937399336     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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