Education for the masses?: The interaction between wealth, educational and political inequalities

Economics of Transition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 533-552

  Ferreira, Francisco H G ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Education; Inequality; Political economy

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 0034925538     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00087     Document Type: Article

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