Unequal opportunities and human capital formation

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-413

  Mejía, Daniel ^a,b   St Pierre, Marc ^a,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Colombia)

^c University of South   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity efficiency trade off; Human capital; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 42049116780     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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