A Socioeconomic Disaggregation of the World Bank Human Capital Index

A Socioeconomic Disaggregation of the World Bank Human Capital Index

This paper documents inequality in health and education outcomes by constructing an index of human capital disaggregated by quintiles of socioeconomic status (SES) for a sample 51 mostly low- and middle-income countries. The index measures the expe...

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Main Authors: D'Souza, Ritika, Gatti, Roberta, Kraay, Aart
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
HUMAN CAPITAL
HEALTH
EDUCATION
INEQUALITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/752571569852714031/A-Socioeconomic-Disaggregation-of-the-World-Bank-Human-Capital-Index
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32490

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/752571569852714031/A-Socioeconomic-Disaggregation-of-the-World-Bank-Human-Capital-Index
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32490

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