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| Takahiro Akita |
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| ''Measuring gender disparity in the structure of educational attainment in Asia based on grouped data'' |
| ( 2025, Vol. 0 No.0 ) |
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| This study measures gender disparity in the structure of educational attainment using the Barro and Lee dataset on educational attainment for Asian countries and regions over the period 1950-2015. To achieve this objective, it develops a Gini decomposition method of educational attainment based on grouped data. The study conducts a Gini decomposition analysis of educational attainment by gender. A panel data regression analysis reveals that the gender disparity in educational attainment seems to follow a slight U-shaped pattern with respect to the expansion of education, implying that the gender disparity in educational attainment first declines, but after reaching a lowest point at the mean number of years of education of around 10, it may begin to increase with the further expansion of education. |
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| Keywords: gender disparity in education, decomposition of education Gini by gender, grouped data on educational attainment, panel data regression analysis, Asia |
JEL: I2 - Education: General
O1 - Economic Development: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Jun 09 2024 | | Manuscript Accepted : Jan 30 2025 |
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