Educational mobility in the United States since the 1930s

Whither Opportunity?: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 165-185

  Hout, Michael ^a   Janus, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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