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Commodity exports and educational inequality

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  • Yulin Hou
  • Shaomeng Jia

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This paper studies the impact of commodity exports on educational inequality. Using data from 33 Latin America and the Caribbean countries over the period 1965 to 2010, the empirical analysis shows that export expansion of commodities leads to higher levels of educational inequality. The results are shown to be robust to the consideration of many control variables, different measures of commodity exports, and endogeneity of export expansion in commodities. Given the importance of educational inequality for economic growth, our results suggest a potential role for policy intervention in balancing the trade-off between promoting the aggregation production of education and increasing export growth in low-skill sectors.

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  • Yulin Hou & Shaomeng Jia, 2023. "Commodity exports and educational inequality," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(21), pages 3061-3067, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:30:y:2023:i:21:p:3061-3067
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2120177
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