Impact of Education on Inequality across the Unconditional Wage Distribution in Cameroon

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      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      19
    • Subject Terms:
      Foreign Countries; Equal Education; Outcomes of Education; Educational Policy; Wages; Role of Education; Economic Factors; Rural Urban Differences
    • Subject Terms:
      Cameroon
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/09645292.2023.2208783
    • ISSN:
      0964-5292
      1469-5782
    • Abstract:
      This paper evaluates the impact of education on inequality using the recentered influence function regression and standard inequality measures. Results indicate that between 2005 and 2010, the returns to education declined from the 10th to the 50th percentiles, but increased at the upper tail of the distribution. Inequality is lower in the counterfactual education-equalising distribution, revealing the inequality increasing effect of education in the actual distribution. This implies that educational expansion widens inequality relative to educational equalisation. As such, policies that target disadvantaged groups in terms of educational attainment should be a key focus for policy interventions than educational expansion.
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      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1423377