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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okr-10986-197382021-04-23T14:03:44Z Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education Thomas, Vinod Wang, Yan Fan, Xibo ACHIEVEMENTS ADDITION AGE GROUP AVERAGE LEVEL BASIC EDUCATION BASIC LITERACY COMMUNITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EDUCATION FINANCE EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATIO EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION EQUALITY EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION FAMILY BACKGROUND FEMALE ILLITERACY GENDER GAP HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS IDEAS ILLITERACY IMPROVING ACCESS INCOME LEVELS INDEXES LABOR FORCE LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERATURE LOGIC MATHEMATICS NUTRITION PAPERS PARITY PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING MATERIALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SOCIETY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES 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. 2014-08-26T21:52:18Z 2014-08-26T21:52:18Z 2001-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/888151/measuring-education-inequality-gini-coefficients-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19738 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2525 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACHIEVEMENTS ADDITION AGE GROUP AVERAGE LEVEL BASIC EDUCATION BASIC LITERACY COMMUNITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EDUCATION FINANCE EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATIO EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION EQUALITY EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION FAMILY BACKGROUND FEMALE ILLITERACY GENDER GAP HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS IDEAS ILLITERACY IMPROVING ACCESS INCOME LEVELS INDEXES LABOR FORCE LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERATURE LOGIC MATHEMATICS NUTRITION PAPERS PARITY PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING MATERIALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SOCIETY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES |
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ACHIEVEMENTS ADDITION AGE GROUP AVERAGE LEVEL BASIC EDUCATION BASIC LITERACY COMMUNITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EDUCATION FINANCE EDUCATION LEVELS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATIO EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION EQUALITY EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION FAMILY BACKGROUND FEMALE ILLITERACY GENDER GAP HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS IDEAS ILLITERACY IMPROVING ACCESS INCOME LEVELS INDEXES LABOR FORCE LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERATURE LOGIC MATHEMATICS NUTRITION PAPERS PARITY PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING READING MATERIALS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SOCIETY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHERS TERTIARY EDUCATION TEST SCORES Thomas, Vinod Wang, Yan Fan, Xibo Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education |
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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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Thomas, Vinod Wang, Yan Fan, Xibo |
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Thomas, Vinod Wang, Yan Fan, Xibo |
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Thomas, Vinod |
| title |
Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education |
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Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education |
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Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education |
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Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education |
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Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education |
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measuring education inequality : gini coefficients of education |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/888151/measuring-education-inequality-gini-coefficients-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19738 |
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