Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan (JESP)
Vol 14, No 2 (2022)

Exploring Education Gini on a Smaller Scale: How Education Inequality Differs among Districts

Nenny Hendajany (Universitas Sangga Buana)
Deden Rizal Riyadi (Universitas Sangga Buana)
Nor Aznin Abu Bakar (Universiti Utara Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Oct 2022

Abstract

Decentralization creates a need to discuss education inequality on a smaller scale to formulate a better development policy. This study aims to give insights on how education inequality can vary across districts depending on the characteristics attributed to the said region. By calculating education Gini indices, we found that regencies and agricultural districts tend to experience worse education inequality than municipalities and non-agricultural districts. Adding to that, using panel data regressions, we also found that the data shows the opposite of education Kuznets curves, contradicting some of the previous studies. This study contributes to the literature by highlighting the importance of measuring education inequality in a smaller scale to improve the accuracy of development policies.

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Abbrev

JESP

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Jurnal Ekonomi dan Studi Pembangunan focuses on scientific papers related to development economics include critical analysis of economic development issues, local economic development, community economic development, economic growth, international trade and finance, fiscal and monetary policy, ...