Education, cost of living and regional wage inequality in Brazil

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-175

  Azzoni, Carlos R ^a   Servo, Luciana M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cost of living differences; Education and regional inequality; Regional wage inequality

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; STANDARD OF LIVING; WAGE GAP;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 0141512069     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101100200105     Document Type: Article

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