The Distributional Bias of Public Education : Causes and Consequences /

While public education is often intended to be progressive in its effects on income distribution, in reality its incidence is often skewed toward the rich. This paper argues that the extent of this bias is directly related to institutional weaknesses in governance. We present a simple dynamic model...

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主要作者: Gradstein, Mark
其他作者: Dabla-Norris, Era
格式: 杂志
语言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
丛编:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/214
在线阅读:Full text available on IMF
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