The tertiary tilt: education and inequality in the developing world
| Autor: | Stephen Kosack, Lloyd Gruber |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Economic growth Sociology and Political Science Gini coefficient Higher education Inequality business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Primary education Developing country Development HJ Public Finance Tilt (optics) Political science Mass education Development economics business media_common L Education (General) |
| Popis: | Summary Education is widely perceived to be a tonic for the rising inequality that often accompanies development. But most developing-country governments tilt their education spending toward higher education, which disproportionately benefits elites. We find that in countries with high “tertiary tilts,” rising primary enrollment is associated a decade later with far higher inequality—not the lower Gini coefficients many would expect. Since most developing countries tilt their spending toward higher education, our analysis suggests that efforts that concentrate only on expanding mass education, such as the UN’s Millennium Campaign, could end up raising inequality in much of the developing world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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