Measuring Education Inequality : Gini Coefficients of Education

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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Main Authors: Thomas, Vinod, Wang, Yan, Fan, Xibo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
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
Online Access: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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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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