Is increased public schooling really a policy for equality? The role of within-the-family education

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1943-1965

  Nordblom, Katarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altruism; Bequest; Human capital; Public education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141761215     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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