Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2004, 40(3): 297-318 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2004.40.3.04

Has the Post-communist Transformation Led to an Increase in Educational Homogamy in the Czech Republic after 1989?

Tomáš Katrňák, Martin Kreidl, Laura Fónadová
1 Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno
2 University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles and Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 3 Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno

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Katrňák, T., Kreidl, M., & Fónadová, L. (2004). Has the Post-communist Transformation Led to an Increase in Educational Homogamy in the Czech Republic after 1989? Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 40(3), 297-318. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2004.40.3.04
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