Inequality of Opportunity in Educational Achievements: Cross-country and Intertemporal Comparisons

Patrizia Luongo

No wp-2015-043, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper evaluates fairness in educational achievements through the ordered pair (W EEOp , I EOp ) whose components provide: (i) A measure of social welfare which accounts for the achievement of less-advantaged pupils and (ii) a synthetic index of inequality in educational opportunities. Students' test scores from the Programme for International Students Assessment PISA, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2012 are exploited to perform a cross-country and intertemporal comparison of fairness in education.

Keywords: Education; Equality and inequality; Public welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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