Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity.

We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. Using cross-country variation in education policies and its interaction with family background at the student level, we t...

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Published in:Kyklos Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 279 - 309
Main Authors: Schütz, Gabriela, Ursprung, Heinrich W., Wōmann, Ludger
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
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