The unequal lag in Latin American schooling since 1900: Follow the money

Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 375-405

  Lindert, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; education; inequality; Latin America; public sector; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963850895     PISSN: 02126109     EISSN: 20413335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0212610910000066     Document Type: Article

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