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The Role of Age and Gender in Education Expansion

Using the IIASA/VID dataset of populations by age, sex and level of education, I calculate education Gini coeffients and decompose the overall degree of educational inequality into age, sex and within-group components. I analyze the relative relevance of these components for inequality reduction and investigate the distributional outcomes of
education expansion. I find that, on average, equalization between males and females, younger and older cohorts as well as within these subgroups of the population
has significantly contributed to declining educational inequality over the observed sample period around the globe. But the relative role of these components fluctuates in the process of education expansion. First, as improvements are initiated by enhancing the educational
opportunities of the youth, the gap between cohorts widens in transition phases but vanishes thereafter. Second, gaps between sexes have been reduced but are predicted to widen
again if either males or females are the first to enter higher education levels. To a lesser extent, this is also true for gaps within population subgroups which can
be due to the ethnic background or the social and economic status of people. / Series: INEQ Working Paper Series

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:5186
Date26 September 2016
CreatorsSauer, Petra
PublisherWU Vienna University of Economics and Business
Source SetsWirtschaftsuniversität Wien
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePaper, NonPeerReviewed
Formatapplication/pdf
Relationhttp://epub.wu.ac.at/5186/

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