Tertiary education for all and wage inequality : policy insights from quantile regression

Corrado Andini

Wage inequality is a highly debated topic in policy and academic circles. Policy makers typically consider that a policy promoting the equalization of education levels among the individuals of a society – pushing everybody towards tertiary education – is a good strategy to fight wage inequality. Academics are more pessimistic. This article stresses that a policy of "tertiary education for all" does not necessarily reduce the overall level of wage inequality. It may reduce wage inequality due to differences in education levels among individuals, but it may also increase wage inequality due to differences in unobserved abilities among individuals.

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Year of publication:	September 2017
Authors:	Andini, Corrado
Publisher:	Bonn, Germany : IZA
Subject:	education policy \| wage inequality \| quantile regression \| Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Bildungsertrag \| Returns to education \| Bildungspolitik \| Education policy \| Regressionsanalyse \| Regression analysis \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 26 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	IZA policy papers. - Bonn : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2503755-9. - Vol. no. 132
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/180627 [Handle]
Classification:	i24 ; I28 - Government Policy ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; C21 - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10011758432