School quality and family background in Italy

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 563-577

  Brunello, Giorgio ^a   Checchi, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Family background; Italy; School quality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20344392144     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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