Should less inequality in education lead to a more equal income distribution?

Education Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 537-554

  Földvári, Péter ^a   van Leeuwen, Bas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distribution; educational attainment; educational inequality; Gini coefficient; income inequality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OECD; WAGE GAP;

EID: 84860831826     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2010.488472     Document Type: Article

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