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Multi‐dimensional analysis of regional inequality: The case of higher educational facilities in Spain
Author(s) -
Quadrado Lucia,
Loman Sudha,
Folmer Henk
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.2001.tb01794.x
Subject(s) - inequality , devolution (biology) , regional policy , regional science , educational inequality , political science , power (physics) , economic growth , geography , economic geography , demographic economics , development economics , economics , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , law , human evolution
Abstract. Several major changes in educational policies have occurred in Spain over the last four decades. One of these is the re‐organization of the educational system beginning in 1970. A policy to encourage the regional spread of universities was pursued over the seventies and eighties. There has also been devolution of power to some regions with respect to the management of the educational system. These policy changes are hypothesized to have resulted in an impact on inter‐regional and intra‐regional inequality with respect to educational facilities. We investigate the change in inequality that occurred between the 60s and the70s, and also between the 80s and early 90s.