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Cross National Comparisons to Evaluate the Functionalist View on Education

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Cross National Comparisons suggest support for the Functionalist view that formal education and qualifications are functionally advantageous for society as a whole as they are correlated with a more developed society.

You can use Google Public Data to compare a range of Education Indicators across a number of countries