Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America

Autores
Cruces, Guillermo; García Domench, Carolina; Gasparini, Leonardo
Año de publicación
2012
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inglés
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This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for all Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including inequality in years of education, gaps in school enrollment, wage skill differentials and public social expenditure. The evidence indicates a significant difference between the 1990s and the 2000s in terms of both the assessment of the equity of the education expansion and its impact on the income distribution. In particular, the changes in the 2000s seem to have had a full equalizing impact on earnings given the more pro-poor pattern of the education upgrading and a more stable or even increasing relative demand for low skill labor.
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Ciencias Económicas
education
inequality
enrollment
wage premium
América Latina
educación
JEL: I24, I25, I28, O15
economía
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
title Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
spellingShingle Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo
Ciencias Económicas
education
inequality
enrollment
wage premium
América Latina
educación
JEL: I24, I25, I28, O15
economía
title_short Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
title_full Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
title_fullStr Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
title_sort Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cruces, Guillermo
García Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo
author Cruces, Guillermo
author_facet Cruces, Guillermo
García Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo
author_role author
author2 García Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo
author2_role author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
education
inequality
enrollment
wage premium
América Latina
educación
JEL: I24, I25, I28, O15
economía
topic Ciencias Económicas
education
inequality
enrollment
wage premium
América Latina
educación
JEL: I24, I25, I28, O15
economía
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for all Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including inequality in years of education, gaps in school enrollment, wage skill differentials and public social expenditure. The evidence indicates a significant difference between the 1990s and the 2000s in terms of both the assessment of the equity of the education expansion and its impact on the income distribution. In particular, the changes in the 2000s seem to have had a full equalizing impact on earnings given the more pro-poor pattern of the education upgrading and a more stable or even increasing relative demand for low skill labor.
Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
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