The impact of education on household income and expenditure inequality

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 915-919

  Alves, Nuno ^a  

^a BANCO DE PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Expenditure inequality; Income inequality; Quantile regression; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 80053197478     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.607125     Document Type: Article

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