Education expansion and income distribution in the Philippines

Education expansion and income distribution in the Philippines

This paper examines how education expansion, in terms of increasing the average years of schooling, influences inequality and the distribution dynamics of income in the Philippines, by employing the decomposition method proposed by Firpo, Fortin and Limieux (2009) on household-level data from the 20...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alvarez, Julian Thomas B. (Author)
Other Authors: Daway-Ducanes, Sarah Lynne S. (thesis adviser.)
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic development > Effect of education on > Philippines.
Income distribution > Social aspects > Philippines.