Introduction: Conceptualizing gender differences in aspirations and attainment-a life course perspective

Gender Differences in Aspirations and Attainment: A Life Course Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-26

  Schoon, Ingrid ^a   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139128933.002     Document Type: Editorial

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