Assessing educational unfair inequalities at a regional level in Colombia

Lecturas de Economia

Volumn , Issue 83, 2015, Pages 97-133

  Gamboa, Luis ^a   Londoño, Erika ^b  

^a ICFES   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Education; Inequality of opportunities; Test Saber 11

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996452938     PISSN: 01202596     EISSN: 23230622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17533/udea.le.n83a04     Document Type: Article

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