Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America

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Battistón, Diego Ezequiel; Garcia Domench, Carolina; Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Año de publicación
2014
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This paper explores the direct effect of an education expansion on the level of earnings inequality by carrying out microsimulations for most Latin American countries. We find that the direct effect of the increase in years of education in the region in the 1990s and 2000s was unequalizing; this result is expected to hold for future expansions if increases in education are not highly progressive. Both facts are closely linked to the convexity of returns to education in the labor market. On average, the estimated impact of the education expansion remains unequalizing when allowing for changes in returns to schooling, although the effect becomes smaller.
Fil: Battistón, Diego Ezequiel. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Garcia Domench, Carolina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Education
Inequality
Earnings
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spelling Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin AmericaBattistón, Diego EzequielGarcia Domench, CarolinaGasparini, Leonardo CarlosEducationInequalityEarningshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5This paper explores the direct effect of an education expansion on the level of earnings inequality by carrying out microsimulations for most Latin American countries. We find that the direct effect of the increase in years of education in the region in the 1990s and 2000s was unequalizing; this result is expected to hold for future expansions if increases in education are not highly progressive. Both facts are closely linked to the convexity of returns to education in the labor market. On average, the estimated impact of the education expansion remains unequalizing when allowing for changes in returns to schooling, although the effect becomes smaller.Fil: Battistón, Diego Ezequiel. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Garcia Domench, Carolina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; ArgentinaFil: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía2014-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/31417Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Garcia Domench, Carolina; Battistón, Diego Ezequiel; Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía; Cuadernos de Economia; 51; 1; 5-2014; 1-390717-6821CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://ref.scielo.org/8vt43xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:51:58Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/31417instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:51:59.012CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America
title Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America
spellingShingle Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America
Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
Education
Inequality
Earnings
title_short Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America
title_full Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America
title_fullStr Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America
title_sort Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
Garcia Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
author_facet Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
Garcia Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author_role author
author2 Garcia Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Education
Inequality
Earnings
topic Education
Inequality
Earnings
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper explores the direct effect of an education expansion on the level of earnings inequality by carrying out microsimulations for most Latin American countries. We find that the direct effect of the increase in years of education in the region in the 1990s and 2000s was unequalizing; this result is expected to hold for future expansions if increases in education are not highly progressive. Both facts are closely linked to the convexity of returns to education in the labor market. On average, the estimated impact of the education expansion remains unequalizing when allowing for changes in returns to schooling, although the effect becomes smaller.
Fil: Battistón, Diego Ezequiel. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Garcia Domench, Carolina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina
Fil: Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas. Centro de Estudios Distributivos Laborales y Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description This paper explores the direct effect of an education expansion on the level of earnings inequality by carrying out microsimulations for most Latin American countries. We find that the direct effect of the increase in years of education in the region in the 1990s and 2000s was unequalizing; this result is expected to hold for future expansions if increases in education are not highly progressive. Both facts are closely linked to the convexity of returns to education in the labor market. On average, the estimated impact of the education expansion remains unequalizing when allowing for changes in returns to schooling, although the effect becomes smaller.
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Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos; Garcia Domench, Carolina; Battistón, Diego Ezequiel; Could an increase in education raise income inequality? : evidence for Latin America; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía; Cuadernos de Economia; 51; 1; 5-2014; 1-39
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