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Sorting, Education and Inequality. NBER Working Paper Series.
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Fernandez, Raquel – 2001
This paper examines the literature in the growing field of education and inequality that is concerned with how individuals sort, and the consequences of this knowledge for the accumulation of human capital, equity, efficiency, and welfare. It argues that how individuals sort across neighborhoods, schools, and households (spouses) can have…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education