health system (SUS) in Brazil after the transition to democracy in the late 1980s. It argues that a combination of political … insurance. Despite many improvements, many challenges continue to beset the delivery of health care in Brazil, and addressing …

inequalities in access. Brazil is a case in point in this regard, with highly restricted admissions for those from low … and 2018. This study analyses trends in access and completion in higher education in Brazil in this period, assessing … opportunities) and horizontality (non-stratified system, avoiding hierarchies of prestige and quality). Brazil shows evidence of a …

This paper investigates the long-term impact on earnings of attending a tuition-free, top-quality university in Brazil …

High school students from non-elite backgrounds are less likely to have peers with elite educated parents than their … elite counterparts in Norway. We show this difference in social capital is a key driver of the high intergenerational … persistence in elite education. We identify a positive elite peer effect on enrolment in elite programmes and disentangle …

Intergenerational persistence in studying for elite education is high across the world. We study the role that exposure … to high school peers from elite educated families (‘elite peers’) plays in driving such a phenomenon in Norway. Using … causal impact of elite peers on the probability of enrolling in elite education for students from different socioeconomic …