INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION IN THE MENA REGION: A MACROECONOMETRIC INVESTIGATION USING NORMATIVE INDICATORS

Aomar Ibourk and Jabrane Amaghouss ()

Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2015, vol. 15, issue 2, 129-146

Abstract: After the initial explosion of literature discussing the quantity and quality of education, recent research has begun to attach importance to the potential role of equity in education in developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of inequality in education on economic growth. Based on a sample of Arab countries and on the Barro and Lee data (2014), the results of estimates using several panel econometrics techniques show that the significant and negative effect of educational inequality on economic growth differs from a group of countries to another and depends on the level of sensitivity and aversion to inequality. In terms of involvement, In terms of involvement, taking into consideration the unequal dimension of education in the development of public education policies is needed.

Keywords: Inégalité educative; normative indicators; economic growth; MENA. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.usc.es/~economet/reviews/aeid15210.pdf
No.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eaa:aeinde:v:15:y:2015:i:2_10

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.usc.es/economet/info.htm

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Applied Econometrics and International Development from Euro-American Association of Economic Development
Bibliographic data for series maintained by M. Carmen Guisan ().