The expansion of higher education since the second half of the 20th century was particularly pronounced among women. In … higher education expansion for labour income inequality has largely treated expansion as gender neutral. With this paper we … inequality to increase tertiary education among women as compared to men. To this end we draw on harmonised data from the …

downward trending intergenerational education persistence) and a reduction of the returns to education. However, for some …

income distributions. By matching inequality measures on test scores, years of education and labour earnings by country …, birth cohorts and gender, we show that inequality in education (measured both at quality and quantity levels) affect … estimation using information on government reforming activity in the field of education. By controlling for country-specific and …

affected by individual expected benefits related to education or earnings, but that attitudes towards inequality also play an …

inequality of opportunity. -- equality of opportunity ; justice ; education …

education, and c) networking activity of parents. While the first two variables exhibit a declining trend in all countries …