Education expansion, educational inequality, and income inequality: Evidence from Taiwan, 1976-2003

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 601-615

  Lin, Chun Hung A ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Education expansion; Educational inequality; Educational policy; Income inequality; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947611569     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-0009-8     Document Type: Article

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