Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263441 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15225
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This chapter provides new evidence on educational inequality and reviews the literature on the causes and consequences of unequal education. We document large achievement gaps between children from different socio-economic backgrounds, show how patterns of educational inequality vary across countries, time, and generations, and establish a link between educational inequality and social mobility. We interpret this evidence from the perspective of economic models of skill acquisition and investment in human capital. The models account for different channels underlying unequal education and highlight how endogenous responses in parents' and children's educational investments generate a close link between economic inequality and educational inequality. Given concerns over the extended school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, we also summarize early evidence on the impact of the pandemic on children's education and on possible long-run repercussions for educational inequality.
Subjects: 
educational inequality
education finance
social mobility
JEL: 
I21
I24
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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