Does Educational Achievement Help Explain Income Inequality?

Inequality Growth and Poverty in an Era of Liberalization and Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Checchi, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Econometric analysis; Education; Income distribution; Income inequality; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920164374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199271410.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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