The widening socio-economic gap in UK higher education

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-88

  Galindo Rueda, Fernando ^a   Marcenaro Gutierrez, Oscar ^a   Vignoles, Anna ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Education and Centre for the Economics of Education

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EID: 84992784493     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002795010419000108     Document Type: Article

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