On the distribution of education and democracy

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-190

  Castelló Climent, Amparo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Democracy; Dynamic panel data model; Education inequality; Political economy

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MODELING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 48049086126     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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