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Enrolment in Higher Education and Changes in Income Inequality
Author(s) -
Sylwester Kevin
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
bulletin of economic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8586
pISSN - 0307-3378
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8586.00173
Subject(s) - economics , gini coefficient , inequality , economic inequality , limiting , demographic economics , sample (material) , control variable , income inequality metrics , econometrics , mathematics , statistics , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , chemistry , chromatography , engineering
Using a cross‐section of countries, this paper empirically examines whether greater enrolment rates in higher education are associated with increases or decreases in subsequent income inequality as measured by the Gini coefficient. It finds a negative association between the two, suggesting that countries with larger enrolment rates saw their income inequality decrease relative to other countries. These findings are robust to the inclusion of several control variables and to limiting the sample to non‐OECD countries.