Working Paper #2016-044
Gini coefficients of education for 146 countries, 1950-2010
We provide Gini coefficients of education based on data from Barro and
Lee (2010) for 146 countries for the years 1950-2010. We compare them to
an earlier data set and run some related LOESS fit regressions on
average years of schooling and GDP per capita, both showing negative
slopes, and among the latter two variables. Tertiary education is shown
to reduce education inequality. A growth regression shows that tertiary
education increases growth, Gini coefficients of education have a
u-shaped impact on growth and labour force growth has an inverted
u-shape effect on growth.
- Keywords
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- Human capital distribution
- education inequality
- growth
- new data
- JEL codes
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- E24
- I24
- I25
- O15
- Y1
Cite this as
APA 7th ed.Ziesemer, T. (2016). Gini coefficients of education for 146 countries, 1950-2010 (UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2016-044). UNU-MERIT. https://unu-merit.nl/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=6087