International Equity Indicators in Education and Learning in Industrialized Democracies

Some recent results and avenues for the future
  • Tom Healy
  • David Istance

Keywords

Educational Attainment Student Achievement Tertiary Education Socioeconomic Background Human Capital Investment 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tom Healy
    • 1
  • David Istance
    • 1
  1. 1.Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Center for Education Research and InnovationParis

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