Inequality of Educational Outcomes: International Evidence from PISA

Richard Freeman, Stephen Machin and Martina Viarengo

Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 2011, vol. 11, issue 3

Abstract: This paper examines the relation between measures of the within-country inequality of student scores on international academic tests and the average level of scores across countries, using the PISA mathematics tests over 2000-2009. It finds that average test scores are higher in countries with lower inequality in scores – a virtuous efficiency-equity relation in test performance – and that family background factors are differently associated with student test performance across countries, but display little impact on the country-wide dispersion of test scores.

Keywords: Education; Public Policy; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I3 J68 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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