Literacy skills, equality of educational opportunities and educational outcomes: an international comparison
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JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2017-10-22 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-EDU-2017-10-22 (Education)
- NEP-EUR-2017-10-22 (Microeconomic European Issues)
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