Are educational policies elitist?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-463

  Speciale, Biagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION POLICY; HUMAN CAPITAL; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 84863519636     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpr044     Document Type: Article

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