Inequality in Education by States in Mexico 1995-2005
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| Auteurs: | , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Statut: | Versión publicada |
| Date de publication: | 2012 |
| Description: | In this paper we use the Gini coefficient to measure inequality in education for different states of the country, the main hypothesis is that inequality in education as measured by the Gini index is negatively associated with average years of schooling, that is, States that have achieved a high level of education is more likely to achieve better educational equity than those with low education levels. According to Kutznets, if the level of education increases, the inequality in education first increases, then reaches a maximum and declines thereafter. We found that when the average years of study in one state is low, typically a fraction of Small part of the population has all years of schooling completed, and found also a great educational inequality between the entities or regions of México. |
| Pays: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Langue: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/451 |
| Accès en ligne: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/educacion/article/view/451 |
| Mots-clés: | education inequality Gini index Kuznets curve educación desigualdad índice de Gini curva de Kuznets |