Determined to succeed? : performance versus choice in educational attainment /
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| Imprint: | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013], ©2013. |
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| Description: | xvi, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9027510 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Introduction: How Is Inequality of Educational Opportunity Generated? The Case for Primary and Secondary Effects
- Chapter 2. Primary and Secondary Effects: Some Methodological Issues
- Chapter 3. Inequality in Transitions to Secondary School and Tertiary Education in Germany
- Chapter 4. How Social Background Affects Educational Attainment over Time in the Netherlands
- Chapter 5. Academic Achievement, Tracking Decisions, and Their Relative Contribution to Educational Inequalities: Change over Four Decades in France
- Chapter 6. Social-Origin Inequalities in Educational Careers in Italy: Performance or Decision Effects?
- Chapter 7. Ever-Declining Inequalities? Transitions to Upper Secondary and Tertiary Education in Sweden, 1972-1990 Birth Cohorts
- Chapter 8. Dentist, Driver, or Dropout? Family Background and Secondary Education Choices in Denmark
- Chapter 9. Social Background and Educational Transitions in England
- Chapter 10. Class Origins, High School Graduation, and College Entry in the United States
- Chapter 11. Why Does Inequality of Educational Opportunity Vary across Countries? Primary and Secondary Effects in Comparative Context
- Index
