Unequal Opportunities and Human Capital Formation

Borradores de Economia
Número: 
415
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
J24, J31, O15, D33
Palabras clave: 
Human capital, Inequality, Equity-Efficiency Trade-off

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