 REGIONAL INEQUALITY OF EDUCATION IN TUNISIA: AN EVALUATION BY THE GINI INDEXSalwa Trabelsi ()
Region et Developpement, 2013, vol. 37, 95-117 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to calculate for the first time in Tunisia, the educational inequality as measured by the Gini index and the average years of schooling. It assesses the relationship between these indicators and gender in each governorate, region, rural and urban area. Data from population census, covering the period 1975-2004, is used in order to calculate the regional educational Gini index and the educational attainment and to analyze their evolution. First, we find that the average years of schooling in Tunisia as a whole and in all regions increased allowing the decrease of inequality in education. Second, educational inequality is more important (i) in the inland regions than in the coastal and (ii) in the rural area than in the urban area for each governorate. Finally, this educational inequality is higher for women than for men despite the increase of the educational attainment level. Keywords: EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY; EDUCATIONAL GINI INDEX; GENDER GAP (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tou:journl:v:37:y:2013:p:95-117 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Region et Developpement from Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var Contact information at EDIRC. |
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