Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/160836 
Year of Publication: 
1997
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 164
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the relationship between educational attainment and earnings inequality in eight nations using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database. Although the results should be considered exploratory rather than definitive until verified and qualified by more detailed comparative studies, two basic conclusions can be simply stated. First, among advanced economies there is no obvious relationship between the degree of earnings inequality and the percentage of the labor force attaining higher levels of education. The second conclusion is less agnostic: there is a clear positive correlation between the earnings differentials associated with greater educational attainment and the extent of earnings inequality.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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