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Elite dominance and under-investment in mass education : disparity in the social development of the Indian States, 1960 - 92
Pal, Sarmista (contributor); Ghosh, Sugata (contributor) - 2006
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Elite Dominance and Under-Investment in Mass Education : Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92
Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - 2021
Inter- and intra-state disparities in levels of literacy rates in India are striking, especially for the marginalized … elite dominance that discriminates against the minority groups of people and systematically under-invests in mass education …. We experiment with various indirect economic and political measures of elite dominance. Results based on the Indian state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316975
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Plutocracy in America : how increasing inequality destroys the middle class and exploits the poor
Formisano, Ronald P. - 2015
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Globalization and inequalities in South Asia
Srivastava, Vivek Kumar - In: Understanding the dynamics of global inequality : …, (pp. 127-146). 2015
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Education and income : Inequalities of opportunity in our public schools
Sexton, Patricia C. - 1961
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Income distribution and accessibility to primary and secondary schools in Nigeria
Alabi, Reuben Adeolu - 2008
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Can provision of school uniforms harm attendance? : evidence from Ecuador
Hidalgo, Diana; Onofa, Mercedes; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - 2010
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Admission is Free Only If Your Dad is Rich! : Distributional Effects of Corruption in Schools in Developing Countries
Emran, M. Shahe - 2013
In the standard model of corruption, the rich are more likely to pay bribes for their children's education, reflecting higher ability to pay. This prediction is, however, driven by the assumption that the probability of punishment for bribe-taking is invariant across households. In many...
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Admission is free only if your dad is rich! : distributional effects of corruption in schools in developing countries
Emran, M. Shahe; Islam, Asadul; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2013
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Admission is Free Only If Your Dad is Rich! Distributional Effects of Corruption in Schools in Developing Countries
Emran, M. Shahe - 2013
This paper provides an analysis of potential unequal burden of bribery in schools on poor households in developing countries. The rich are more likely to pay bribes in the standard model where the probability of punishment for bribe taking by a teacher is the same irrespective of income of the...
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