How Economic Segregation Affects Children's Educational Attainment

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1 September 2002

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Forces

Vol. 81 (1) , 153-176
DOI:10.1353/sof.2002.0053

Abstract

Economic segregation increased in the U.S. between 1970 and 1990. Three hypotheses suggest that economic segregation affects low-income children's edu

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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
SOCIAL CLASS