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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/26594| Title: | Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity: A Review of Findings and Data Sets | Authors: | Andreou, Sofia N. Koutsampelas, Christos |
Major Field of Science: | Social Sciences | Field Category: | Economics and Business | Keywords: | High Education;Human Capital;American Economic Review;Educational Inequality;Intergenerational Mobility | Issue Date: | 2014 | Source: | Using Data to Improve Higher Education, Research, Policy and Practice, 2014, pp. 181-193 | Start page: | 181 | End page: | 193 | Abstract: | Amartya Sen (1992), in the prologue of his well appreciated book “Inequality Reexamined,” sets forth the most fundamental question in the study of inequality: “equality of what?” Irrespectively of someone’s ideological predispositions, we can expect that most people will condemn inequality on the grounds of unfairness. Yet, trying to figure out the “proper” concept of inequality is far more elusive. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/26594 | ISBN: | 978-94-6209-794-0 | DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-6209-794-0_11 | Rights: | © Sense Publishers. | Type: | Book Chapter | Affiliation : | University of Cyprus | Publication Type: | Peer Reviewed |
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