Authors
![Costas Meghir](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Costas%20Meghir.jpg?itok=_N-Qaly5)
Costas Meghir
Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.
![Marten Palme](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Marten%20Palme.jpg?itok=_6v8fHz9)
Mårten Palme
Research Fellow University of Stockholm
Mårten is a Research Fellow at the IFS and Associate Professor at Stockholm University, previously at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Journal article details
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Issue
- March 2005
Suggested citation
Meghir, C and Palme, M. (2005). 'Educational reform, ability and family background' (2005)
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