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Measuring Gender Disparity in the Structure of Educational Attainment in Asia based on Grouped Data

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  • Takahiro Akita

    (IUJ Research Institute, International University of Japan)

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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.

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  • Takahiro Akita, 2025. "Measuring Gender Disparity in the Structure of Educational Attainment in Asia based on Grouped Data," Working Papers EMS_2025_01, Research Institute, International University of Japan.
    • Handle: RePEc:iuj:wpaper:ems_2025_01
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    Keywords

    gender disparity in education; decomposition of education Gini by gender; grouped data on educational attainment; panel data regression analysis; Asia;
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    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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