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China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
van der Weide, Roy; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423987
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Identity and multigenerational persistence
Srikanth, Chinmayi; Dey, Shubhasis - 2023
turn observed in the persistence mechanism. The study finds that for India, persistence mechanisms for education are indeed … account for endogeneity in the father's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477525
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Colonial origin, ethnicity, and intergeneration mobility in Africa
Funjika, Patricia; Getachew, Yoseph Yilma - 2019
This paper estimates the relationship between differences in skills measured among within-country ethnic groups and individual human capital accumulation in eight African countries. Our results show that the skills of an individual in these countries depends more on the human capital levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146550
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Impact of education on inequality across the wage distribution profile in Cameroon: 2005-10
Baye, Francis Menjo - 2015
This paper evaluates the impact of education on measured inequality across the wage distribution using pooled records … from the 2005 and 2010 Cameroon labour force surveys, wage equations and standard inequality measures. Returns to education … returns to education for the period 2005-10 largest for the 5th and 10th percentiles. Inequality decreased from the lower to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418626
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Group-based inequalities: The case of Viet Nam
2017
/urban groups. While there has been an improvement in horizontal inequality in education, this paper shows little change in other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654011
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Anti-discrimination measures in education: A comparative policy analysis
Lenhardt, Amanda; Page, Ella; Sarwar, Moizza Binat; … - 2017
-discrimination measures in education. An analysis of trends in inequalities in human development is used to identify three countries that have … education has been taken up politically. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688578
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Lofty pine and clinging vine: The educational 'Great Gatsby Curve' and the role of house prices
You, Jing; Ding, Xinxin; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Wang, … - 2015
We investigate the heterogeneous and nonlinear intergenerational transmission channels of education and the impact on … effect drives increasing intergenerational persistence of education over time. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440690
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Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes in South Africa
Bedasso, Biniam; Obikili, Nonso - 2016
This paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vertical human-capital inequality in South Africa since the end of apartheid. Using census data from 1996, 2001, and 2011, we use different measures of years of schooling to examine the dynamics both across and within racial,...
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Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision, and inequality in India, 1988 - 2012
Chadha, Nishant; Nandwani, Bharti - 2016
Using data from various rounds of the nationally representative NSSO survey between 1988 and 2012, we first construct national, state, and district-level figures for overall, within and between consumption inequality. We find an increase in inequality in India but only since 2004. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653917
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Iran's multi-ethnic mosaic: A 23-year perspective
Fesharaki, Sanaz; Majbouri, Mahdi - 2016
-weighted Coefficient of Variation, Group-weighted Gini, and Group-weighted Theil) for the following outcomes: education, assets, income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653929