Family background and students' achievement on a university entrance exam in Brazil

Education Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-59

  Guimarães, Juliana ^a   Sampaio, Breno ^b  

^a NEWNHAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; Brazil; family background; quantile regression

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84871020855     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2010.545528     Document Type: Article

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