Education policy and inequality: A political economy approach

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-478

  Di Gioacchino, Debora ^a,b   Sabani, Laura ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CRISS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CIDEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Education; Inequality; Political economy; Redistribution; Representative democracies

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549133511     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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