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Still No Effect of Resources, Even in the New Gilded Age?
Stephen L. Morgan, Sol Bee Jung
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2016, 2 (5) 83-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.05
Stephen L. Morgan
aBloomberg Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Education at Johns Hopkins University
Sol Bee Jung
bDoctoral candidate at the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University

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Still No Effect of Resources, Even in the New Gilded Age?
Stephen L. Morgan, Sol Bee Jung
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Sep 2016, 2 (5) 83-116; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.05