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Beyond Earnings and Social Reproduction: Can College Lead to Good Jobs Without Reproducing Social Inequalities?
James E. Rosenbaum, Caitlin E. Ahearn, Janet E. Rosenbaum, Kelly I. Becker
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2016, 2 (1) 90-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.05
James E. Rosenbaum
aProfessor of sociology, education, and social policy at Northwestern University
Caitlin E. Ahearn
bResearch director of the Pathways Project at Northwestern University
Janet E. Rosenbaum
cAssistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Kelly I. Becker
dAssociate director of student affairs assessment at Northwestern University
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Beyond Earnings and Social Reproduction: Can College Lead to Good Jobs Without Reproducing Social Inequalities?
James E. Rosenbaum, Caitlin E. Ahearn, Janet E. Rosenbaum, Kelly I. Becker
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2016, 2 (1) 90-110; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.05
Beyond Earnings and Social Reproduction: Can College Lead to Good Jobs Without Reproducing Social Inequalities?
James E. Rosenbaum, Caitlin E. Ahearn, Janet E. Rosenbaum, Kelly I. Becker
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Apr 2016, 2 (1) 90-110; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.05
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