Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications
In Europe, and Central Asia, the poor faces three problems: 1) the education system as a whole does not work well, and hence fails to meet adequately their needs; 2) the private cost of education has gone up, so that "education", as a com...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Publication |
| Language: | English en_US |
| Published: |
Washington, DC: World Bank
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1614736/access-education-poor-europe-central-asia-preliminary-evidence-policy-implications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13974 |
| Summary: | In Europe, and Central Asia, the poor
faces three problems: 1) the education system as a whole
does not work well, and hence fails to meet adequately their
needs; 2) the private cost of education has gone up, so that
"education", as a commodity, competes with other
consumption goods in shrinking household budgets; and, 3)
the perceived benefits of education (in terms of higher wage
earning) are still low, thereby undermining long-term
incentives to invest in education. The paper shows the
discrepancy between Central European, and Former Soviet
Union countries in the contribution of "education"
for explaining wage earnings inequality. The discrepancy can
be explained by factors such as the degree of private sector
development, and the flexibility of the labor market.
Although there remains a "taste" for education in
Europe and Central Asia, there is also a risk that
low-income groups, drop out of the education system, and
irreversibly fall into poverty. |
|---|