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Does education reduce income inequality? A meta-regression analysis
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posted on 2015-04-01, 00:00 authored by A Abdullah, H Doucouliagos, Elizabeth ManningElizabeth ManningThis 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. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Journal of economic surveysVolume
29Issue
2Pagination
301 - 316Publisher
WileyLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0950-0804eISSN
1467-6419Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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