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ERIC Number: EJ340033
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Children's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality: A Simulation.
Birdsall, Nancy; Meesook, Oey Astra
Economics of Education Review, v5 n3 p239-56 1986
Data from the 1970 Brazilian Census are used to explore the effects of parents' investments in their children's education on the pattern of future income distribution and on the intergenerational transmission of inequality, using a simulation model. Appended are 21 references. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Educational Mobility, Family Income, Family Size, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Models, Simulation, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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