Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education
The authors use a Gini index to measure inequality in educational attainment. They present two methods (direct and indirect) for calculating an education Gini index, and generate a quinquennial data set on education Gini indexes for the over-15-pop...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/888151/measuring-education-inequality-gini-coefficients-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19738 |
| Summary: | The authors use a Gini index to measure
inequality in educational attainment. They present two
methods (direct and indirect) for calculating an education
Gini index, and generate a quinquennial data set on
education Gini indexes for the over-15-population in 85
countries (1960-90). Preliminary empirical analysis suggests
that: 1) Inequality in education in most of the countries
declined over the three decades, with a few exceptions. 2)
Inequality in education as measured by the education Gini
index is negatively associated with average years of
schooling, implying that countries with higher educational
attainment are more likely to achieve equality in education,
than those with lower attainment. 3) A clear pattern of an
education Kuznets curve exists if the standard deviation of
education is used. 4) Gender gaps are clearly related to
education inequality, and over time, the association between
gender gaps, and inequality becomes stronger. 5) Increases
in per capita GDP (adjusted for purchasing power parity)
seem to be negatively associated with education inequality,
and positively related to labor force's average years
of schooling, after controlling for initial income levels. |
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