DOES EDUCATION REDUCE INCOME INEQUALITY? A META-REGRESSION ANALYSIS

被引：147

作者：

Abdullah, Abdul

Doucouliagos, Hristos ^{[1
]}

Manning, Elizabeth ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Deakin Univ, Geelong, Vic 3217, Australia

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS | 2015年 / 29卷 / 02期

关键词：

Education; Inequality; Meta-regression; METAANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EXPANSION; DEMOCRACY;

D O I：

10.1111/joes.12056

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper reexamines the effects of education on inequality through a comprehensive meta-regression analysis of the extant empirical literature. We find that education affects the two tails of the distribution of income: Education reduces the income share of top earners and increases the share of the bottom earners. Education has been particularly effective in reducing inequality in Africa. Some of the results suggest that secondary schooling appears to have a stronger effect than primary schooling, though this finding is not always robust. The heterogeneity in reported estimates can be largely explained by differences in the specification of the econometric model and measure of inequality and education.

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页码：301 / 316

页数：16

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