A Story of Strengths and Weaknesses in Tertiary Education: Evaluating ‘Mobility’ and ‘Opportunities’ in OECD Countries with Composite Indicators

Assuming a high education level associated with a high probability of job occupancy and greater income, comparative exercises analyzing academic performances and socioeconomic dynamics at regional, country, or supra-national scales have intensified in recent years. As far as tertiary education is co...

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Education
Education, Higher
Educational aspects
Educational attainment
Environmental education
Evaluation
Expenditures
Families & family life
Gender equity
Income distribution
Industrial nations
Mobility
Parents
Parents & parenting
Ranking
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Sustainability
Sustainable development
Upward mobility
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