Educação para todos –“free to those who can afford it”: human capital and inequality persistence in 21st c Brazil
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- Kendrick, Neil, 2013. "Educação para todos –“free to those who can afford it”: human capital and inequality persistence in 21st c Brazil," MPRA Paper 49531, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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