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

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 res...

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Autores principales: Battistón, Diego Ezequiel, García Domench, Carolina, Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2014
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Economía
Education
Inequality
Earnings
Latin America
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/99143
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/31417
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topic Economía
Education
Inequality
Earnings
Latin America
spellingShingle Economía
Education
Inequality
Earnings
Latin America
Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
García Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
Could an increase in education raise income inequality?: evidence for Latin America
topic_facet Economía
Education
Inequality
Earnings
Latin America
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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author Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
García Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
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García Domench, Carolina
Gasparini, Leonardo Carlos
author_sort Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
title Could an increase in education raise income inequality?: evidence for Latin America
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
publishDate 2014
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/99143
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/31417
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