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How equal are educational opportunities? : family background and student achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size …
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Workers of the world, unite! : franchise extensions and the threat of revolution in Europe, 1820-1938
Aidt, Toke; Jensen, Peter Sandholt - 2011
This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events...
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Efficiency and equity of European education and training policies
Woessmann, Ludger (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003364771