Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution

This paper simulates, within a partial equilibrium framework, the scenarios resulting form the implementation of several educational policies. Then, policies are compared according to their hypothetical results in terms of labor earnings inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient. Results sugge...

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Amador Osuna, Diego
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Fecha de publicación:
2008
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Universidad de los Andes
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eng
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Palabra clave:
Educational policy
Economic inequality
Schooling
Política educativa - Colombia
Distribución del ingreso - Colombia
Política de precios y salarios - Colombia
I28, J24, J38
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spelling Al consultar y hacer uso de este recurso, está aceptando las condiciones de uso establecidas por los autores.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Amador Osuna, Diego71005002018-09-27T16:50:26Z2018-09-27T16:50:26Z20081657-5334http://hdl.handle.net/1992/80811657-719110.57784/1992/8081instname:Universidad de los Andesreponame:Repositorio Institucional Sénecarepourl:https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/This paper simulates, within a partial equilibrium framework, the scenarios resulting form the implementation of several educational policies. Then, policies are compared according to their hypothetical results in terms of labor earnings inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient. Results suggest that educational policies which attempt to guarantee medium qualification produce the lowest inequality even if dispersion in schooling years is high. Policies which attempt to raise tertiary education coverage but do not raise high school coverage as well, lead to rising inequality.En este trabajo se simulan, dentro de un marco de equilibrio parcial, los escenarios que resultarían de la implementación de una serie de políticas educativas. Dichas políticas son comparadas a partir de sus efectos hipotéticos sobre la desigualdad en los ingresos laborales, medidos a partir del coeficiente Gini. Los resultados indican que las políticas educativas que garantizan educación media universal producen la menor desigualdad. Políticas educativas en las que se aumenta la cobertura en educación terciaria sin garantizar primero un nivel medio llevan a una mayor desigualdad.22 páginasapplication/pdfengUniversidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDEDocumentos CEDE No. 22 Octubre de 2008https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000089/005147.htmlImagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distributionEducación imaginada : política educativa y desigualdad de ingresos laboralesDocumento de trabajoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85Texthttps://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/WPEducational policyEconomic inequalitySchoolingPolítica educativa - ColombiaDistribución del ingreso - ColombiaPolítica de precios y salarios - ColombiaI28, J24, J38Facultad de EconomíaPublicationORIGINALdcede2008-22.pdfdcede2008-22.pdfapplication/pdf659181https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/37c7f52f-9ace-4a4a-a7a4-50cd79356238/downloadd62ebccdfd04bf917f271f26b9439ad5MD51THUMBNAILdcede2008-22.pdf.jpgdcede2008-22.pdf.jpgIM Thumbnailimage/jpeg3531https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/d8dca30f-ce91-437a-989c-bde9df2bd520/downloaddc49ad1dce03a53b1db213c50c1c9b56MD55TEXTdcede2008-22.pdf.txtdcede2008-22.pdf.txtExtracted texttext/plain61330https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/c1b35f62-91f6-49c9-b30c-68cfbdb8415c/downloadce9b3fd3952d0b2f082d2a8138b1ccc6MD541992/8081oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/80812024-06-04 15:30:39.706http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/open.accesshttps://repositorio.uniandes.edu.coRepositorio institucional Sénecaadminrepositorio@uniandes.edu.co
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution
dc.title.alternative.none.fl_str_mv Educación imaginada : política educativa y desigualdad de ingresos laborales
title Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution
spellingShingle Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution
Educational policy
Economic inequality
Schooling
Política educativa - Colombia
Distribución del ingreso - Colombia
Política de precios y salarios - Colombia
I28, J24, J38
title_short Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution
title_full Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution
title_fullStr Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution
title_full_unstemmed Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution
title_sort Imagining education : educational policy and the labor earnings distribution
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Amador Osuna, Diego
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Amador Osuna, Diego
dc.subject.keyword.none.fl_str_mv Educational policy
Economic inequality
Schooling
topic Educational policy
Economic inequality
Schooling
Política educativa - Colombia
Distribución del ingreso - Colombia
Política de precios y salarios - Colombia
I28, J24, J38
dc.subject.armarc.none.fl_str_mv Política educativa - Colombia
Distribución del ingreso - Colombia
Política de precios y salarios - Colombia
dc.subject.jel.none.fl_str_mv I28, J24, J38
description This paper simulates, within a partial equilibrium framework, the scenarios resulting form the implementation of several educational policies. Then, policies are compared according to their hypothetical results in terms of labor earnings inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient. Results suggest that educational policies which attempt to guarantee medium qualification produce the lowest inequality even if dispersion in schooling years is high. Policies which attempt to raise tertiary education coverage but do not raise high school coverage as well, lead to rising inequality.
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