Measuring gender disparity in the structure of educational attainment in Asia based on grouped data

Takahiro Akita

Economics Bulletin, 2025, vol. 45, issue 1, 1 - 10

Abstract: This study measures gender disparity in the structure of educational attainment using the Barro and Lee dataset on educational attainment for Asian countries and regions over the period 1950-2015. To achieve this objective, it develops a Gini decomposition method of educational attainment based on grouped data. The study conducts a Gini decomposition analysis of educational attainment by gender. A panel data regression analysis reveals that the gender disparity in educational attainment seems to follow a slight U-shaped pattern with respect to the expansion of education, implying that the gender disparity in educational attainment first declines, but after reaching a lowest point at the mean number of years of education of around 10, it may begin to increase with the further expansion of education.

Keywords: gender disparity in education; decomposition of education Gini by gender; grouped data on educational attainment; panel data regression analysis; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-03-30
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