TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jackson,Michelle Victoria
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Determined to succeed?: performance versus choice in educational attainment 
AV  - LC213 .D48 2013eb
U1  - 379.2/6 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Stanford, Calif.
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Educational attainment
KW  - Academic achievement
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : how is inequality of educational opportunity generated? : the case for primary and secondary effects / Michelle Jackson -- Primary and secondary effects : some methodological issues / Christiana Kartsonaki, Michelle Jackson and David R. Cox -- Inequality in transitions to secondary school and tertiary education in Germany / Martin Neugebauer, David Reimer, Steffen Schindler and Volker Stock�e -- How social background affects educational attainment over time in the Netherlands / Charlotte B�uchner and Rolf van der Velden -- Academic achievement, tracking decisions and their relative contribution to educational inequalities : change over four decades in France / Mathieu Ichou and Louis-Andr�e Vallet -- Social origin inequalities in educational careers in Italy : performance or decision effects? / Dalit Contini and Andrea Scagni -- Ever declining inequalities? : transitions to upper secondary and tertiary education in Sweden, for the 1972-1990 birth cohorts / Frida Rudolphi -- Dentist, driver, or dropout? : family background and secondary education choices in Denmark / Anders Holm and Mads Meier Jaeger -- Social background and educational transitions in England / Michelle Jackson -- Class origins, high school graduation, and college entry in the United States / Stephen L. Morgan, Michael W. Spiller and Jennifer J. Todd -- Why does inequality of educational opportunity vary across countries? : primary and secondary effects in comparative context / Michelle Jackson and Jan O. Jonsson; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10639742
ER  -