Trends in income disparity and equality enhancing (?) education policies in the development stages of Singapore

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-56

  Mukhopadhaya, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Education policy; Gini coefficient; Income inequality; Relative mean income; Theil index

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EQUITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037222082     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(01)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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