Table of Contents: Determined to succeed?

Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors:	Jackson, Michelle Victoria.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Educational equalization Educational attainment
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10639742

Table of Contents:

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 Stocké
How social background affects educational attainment over time in the Netherlands / Charlotte Büchner 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-André 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.