The mechanisms of distortion between ages and courses in Brazil: an ethnic and social divide, and a challenge for education policy

• Glavni autori: Xavier Rambla (Autor), Rosangela Saldanha Pereira (Autor), Liliana María Gallego (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Arizona State University, 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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The article contextualises over-age enrolment within the social divisions affecting the education system in Brazil. The following section analyses to what extent the components of multidimensional poverty impinge on the probability for a student to attend a course corresponding to a lower age. This...