UNU-MERIT Working Papers Series
Gini coefficients of education for 146 countries, 1950-2010
Thomas Ziesemer #2016-044We 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.
JEL Classification: E24, I24, I25, O15, Y1
Keywords: Human capital distribution, education inequality, growth, new data
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