Inequality of higher educational opportunity – the role of circumstances among the Jordanian people

Yusra Alkasasbeh

Applied Economics, 2025, vol. 57, issue 56, 9445-9461

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of background circumstances in shaping individuals’ opportunities in higher education in Jordan, for the whole population as well as for key subpopulations using both of the publicly available waves of the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey (2010 and 2016). My findings suggest that higher education attainment and the mean years of completed education have expanded for the whole population, as well as for all subgroups. Unequal opportunities in higher education are relatively moderate in Jordan and are mainly explained by parental education, father’s occupation, and sector of work, with much less impact from gender, number of siblings, and the region of birth.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2024.2418436

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