Using Spatial Microsimulation to Model Social and Spatial Inequalities in Educational Attainment

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Kavroudakis, Dimitris ^a   Ballas, Dimitris ^b   Birkin, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Small area microdata; Spatial microsimulation; Student loans

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ENGLAND; HUMBERSIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 84874344198     PISSN: 1874463X     EISSN: 18744621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12061-012-9075-2     Document Type: Article

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