Mind the gap: education inequality at the regional level in Portugal, 1986-2005

Fidalgo, João Gabriel; Simões, Marta; Duarte, Adelaide

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“…Given the importance of the distribution of human capital for economic growth and the distribution of income, Fidalgo et al (2010) compute the distribution of average years of schooling of the working population for Portugal using data from QP for the years 1986, 1996 and 2005. The overall conclusion, based on the behaviour of different measures, is that Portugal recorded a decrease in education inequality. The authors also find evidence of a Kuznets inverted U relationship between the level of education and education inequality, based on regional data.…”

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Human Capital Disparities and Earnings Inequality in The Portuguese Private Labour Market

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This paper examines human capital inequality and how it relates to earnings inequality in Portugal using data from Quadros de Pessoal for the period 1986–2017. The objective is threefold: (i) show how the distribution of human capital has evolved over time; (ii) investigate the association between human capital inequality and earnings inequality; and (iii) analyse the role of returns to schooling, together with human capital inequality, in the explanation of earnings inequality. Our findings suggest that human capital inequality, computed based on the distribution of average years of schooling of employees working in the Portuguese private labour market, records a positive trend until 2007 and decreases from this year onwards, suggesting the existence of a Kuznets curve of education relating educational attainment levels and education inequality. Based on the decomposition of a Generalized Entropy index (Theil N) for earnings inequality, we observe that inequality in the distribution of human capital plays an important role in the explanation of earnings inequality, although this role has become less important over the last decade. Using Mincerian earnings regressions to estimate the returns to schooling together with the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition of real hourly earnings we confirm that there are two important forces associated with the observed decrease in earnings inequality: a reduction in education inequality and compressed returns to schooling, mainly in tertiary education.

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“…In education, (Ram 1990;Shukla & Mishra, 2019;Thomas et al 2001) examined the correlation pattern inverted U-shaped between education expansion and schooling of standard deviation. The education Gini index as a measure of education inequality was evaluated by (Fidalgo et al 2010;Hojo 2009;Shukla & Mishra 2019;Thomas et al 2001), and student attainment was examined (Guarini et al 2018). These results of these studies were able to demonstrate that the pattern of correlation between education and the standard deviation of schooling could develop the inverted U-shaped relationship pattern.…”

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Measuring the Inequality in Education: Educational Kuznets Curve

2020

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This study aims to measure the inequality of education. The study examines the pattern in the educational Lorenz curve as a way to investigate the impact of education experience, per capita income, and poverty on educational inequality. Using Banten Province secondary data series over 1996 -2016, the unbalanced panel unit root were tested for the educational Kuznets curve. The regression results shows that the educational Kuznets curve does not exist. While we found that the educational experience reduce the educational inequality, the per capita income and poverty were not significant.

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“…They are interested in checking the impact of openness into regional growth, which found that was important, especially for the litoral regions. Other works were focused in other drivers as European funds in Soukiazis and Antunes (2006), tourism in Soukiazis and Proença (2008) and education in and Fidalgo et al (2010). Vieira et al (2006) found that differences in regional wages were related to education.…”

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“…(2006), Soukiazis and Antunes (2006, 2011), Soukiazis and Proença (2008), Fidalgo et al . (2010) and Pereira and Galego (2011).…”

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Regional Incomes in Portugal: Industrialisation, Integration and Inequality, 1890-1980

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2012

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ResumenEl análisis de la evolución de la localización de la actividad económica en Portugal, entre 1890 y 1980, nos muestra un fuerte proceso de concentración de la producción en las zonas costeras, coincidiendo con el proceso de decadencia de las provincias agrícolas del interior. A su vez, la evolución de la desigualdad espacial sigue una curva U-invertida, en la línea de lo observado en otras regiones de Europa, pero con el punto máxima desigualdad hacia 1970, mucho más tarde que esas regiones. Las razones de ese comportamiento estarían en las dificultades que tuvo el país para modernizar la economía JEL: N9, R1 AbstractThe analysis of the evolution of the localization of the economic activity in Portugal, among 1890 and 1980, shows a strong process of concentration of the economic activity in the coastal zones, coinciding with the process of decline of the agriculture in the inner provinces. At the same time, the evolution of spatial inequality follows a U-inverted curve, in line with that observed in other regions of Europe, with the unequal peak around 1970, much later than those regions. The reasons for this behavior would be found in the difficulties experienced by the country in their effort to modernize the industry in the lagged regions, and the benefits generated by the agglomeration economies in the more developed regions.

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Mind the gap: education inequality at the regional level in Portugal, 1986-2005

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

Human Capital Disparities and Earnings Inequality in The Portuguese Private Labour Market

Human Capital Disparities and Earnings Inequality in The Portuguese Private Labour Market

Measuring the Inequality in Education: Educational Kuznets Curve

Regional Incomes in Portugal: Industrialisation, Integration and Inequality, 1890-1980

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