Sorting, Education and Inequality

Raquel Fernandez ()

No 8101, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper examines the education literature through the lens of sorting. It argues that how individuals sort across neighborhoods, schools and households (spouses), can have important consequences for the acquisition of human capital and inequality. It discusses the implications of different education finance systems for sorting and analyzes the efficiency and welfare properties of these in static and dynamic frameworks.

JEL-codes: I21 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-01
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