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The measurement of educational inequality : achievement and opportunity
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Gignoux, Jérémie - 2011
This paper proposes two related measures of educational inequality: one for educational achievement and another for educational opportunity. The former is the simple variance (or standard deviation) of test scores. Its selection is informed by consideration of two measurement issues that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522507
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A global count of the extreme poor in 2012 : data issues, methodology and initial results
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Chen, Shaohua; Dabalen, Andrew; … - 2015
Sustainable Development Goals and the World Bank's twin goals, the new poverty line was chosen so as to preserve the definition … the global count, we find 12.7 percent of the world's population, or 897 million people, are living in extreme poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375987
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The Measurement of Educational Inequality : Achievement and Opportunity
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2017
This paper proposes two related measures of educational inequality: one for educational achievement and another for educational opportunity. The former is the simple variance (or standard deviation) of test scores. Its selection is informed by consideration of two measurement issues that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975647
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A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012 : Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2020
Sustainable Development Goals and the World Bank?s twin goals, the new poverty line was chosen so as to preserve the definition … the global count, we find 12.7 percent of the world?s population, or 897 million people, are living in extreme poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012855964