when | 2011 | |
who | Péter Földvári
Bas van Leeuwen |
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what journal | Education Economics | |
what paper | Should less inequality in education lead to a more equal income distribution? | |
language | 英文 |
involved project member(s)
Bas van Leeuwen | Peter Foldvari |
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abstract
In this paper, we revisit the question whether inequality in education and human capital is closely related to income inequality. Using the most popular functional forms describing the relationship between, first, output and human capital and, second, education and human capital, we find that the effect of inequality in schooling on income inequality is very low, even insignificant in an economic sense. This is confirmed by our empirical analysis, since we find that the Gini coefficient of education yields an insignificant coefficient. If we take care of the possible simultaneity using a two-stage least-squares (2SLS) analysis, we find that there is no relationship in the case of non-OECD countries, but a positive relationship is found in the case of OECD countries. Also, we cannot confirm that a more equal distribution of education leads to higher income per capita, even though this result is sensitive to the choice of data.
keywords
distribution, income inequality, educational attainment, educational inequality, Gini coefficient
link to paper page of the journal website
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09645292.2010.488472
citation format
MLA | Földvári, Péter, and Bas van Leeuwen. “Should less inequality in education lead to a more equal income distribution?.” Education Economics 19.5 (2011): 537-554. |
APA | Földvári, P., & van Leeuwen, B. (2011). Should less inequality in education lead to a more equal income distribution?. Education Economics, 19(5), 537-554. |
Chicago | Földvári, Péter, and Bas van Leeuwen. “Should less inequality in education lead to a more equal income distribution?.” Education Economics 19, no. 5 (2011): 537-554. |
Harvard | Földvári, P. and van Leeuwen, B., 2011. Should less inequality in education lead to a more equal income distribution?. Education Economics, 19(5), pp.537-554. |
Vancouver | Földvári P, van Leeuwen B. Should less inequality in education lead to a more equal income distribution?. Education Economics. 2011 Dec 1;19(5):537-54. |