Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2007, 43(6): 1095-1120 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2007.43.6.01

'Margin Insensitivity' and the Analysis of Educational Inequality

Ottar Hellevik
University of Oslo

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Hellevik, O. (2007). 'Margin Insensitivity' and the Analysis of Educational Inequality. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 43(6), 1095-1120. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2007.43.6.01
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