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Ad-hoc Question 'Educational Poverty - Background and Assessment'

Authors:
Martina VIARENGO
2016

The aim of this review is to provide background information on the use of the term 'educational poverty' in the existing literature. The analysis proceeds as follows. First, an overview of the use of the term in an historical perspective is presented. Second, the use of the term in economics, in the economics of education literature as well as in policy-oriented research is examined. Last, an overall appraisal and concluding remarks are provided.