Participation, equality of opportunity and returns to tertiary education in contemporary Europe

European Societies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 422-442

  Bernardi, Fabrizio ^a   Ballarino, Gabriele ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

inequality of educational opportunities; returns to education; tertiary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903279239     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2012.750729     Document Type: Article

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