What does it take to achieve equality of opportunity in education?. An empirical investigation based on Brazilian data

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 709-723

  Waltenberg, Fábio D ^a   Vandenberghe, Vincent ^b  

^a Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade (IETS)   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Education; Equality of opportunity; Formula funding

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36749063552     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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