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Regional Inequality Of Education In Tunisia: An Evaluation By The Gini Index

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  • Salwa TRABELSI

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The aim of this paper is to calculate for the first time in Tunisia, the educational inequality as measured by the Gini index and the average years of schooling. It assesses the relationship between these indicators and gender in each governorate, region, rural and urban area. Data from population census, covering the period 1975-2004, is used in order to calculate the regional educational Gini index and the educational attainment and to analyze their evolution. First, we find that the average years of schooling in Tunisia as a whole and in all regions increased allowing the decrease of inequality in education. Second, educational inequality is more important (i) in the inland regions than in the coastal and (ii) in the rural area than in the urban area for each governorate. Finally, this educational inequality is higher for women than for men despite the increase of the educational attainment level.

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  • Salwa TRABELSI, 2013. "Regional Inequality Of Education In Tunisia: An Evaluation By The Gini Index," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 37, pages 95-117.
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    Keywords

    EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY; EDUCATIONAL GINI INDEX; GENDER GAP;
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    JEL classification:

    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation

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