Assessing Brazilian educational inequalities

Revista Brasileira de Economia

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-56

  Lorel, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Education gini; Human capital; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049095358     PISSN: 00347140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-71402008000100002     Document Type: Article

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