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Title: A Harmonized Data on Global Educational Attainment Between 1970 and 2060 - An Analytical Window into Recent Trends and Future Prospects in Human Capital Development
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2016
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DOI: 10.1017/dem.2016.10
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Abstract: We hereby present a dataset produced at the Wittgenstein Centre (WIC) containing comprehensive time series on educational attainment and mean years of schooling (MYS). The dataset is split by 5-year age groups and sex for 171 countries and covers the period between 1970 and 2010. It also contains projections of educational attainment to 2060 based on several scenarios of demographic and educational development. The dataset is constructed around collected and harmonized empirical census and survey data sets for the projection base year. The paper presents the principles and methodology associated with the reconstruction and the projection, and how it differs from several previous exercises. It also proposes a closer look at the diffusion of education in world regions and how the existing gaps in terms of generation, gender, and geography have been evolving in the last 40 years.
Url: http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13803/
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Authors: Goujon, Anne; K.C., Samir; Speringer, Markus; Barakat, Bilal; Potancokova, Michaela; Eder, Jakob; Striessnig, Erich; Bauer, Ramon; Lutz, Wolfgang
Periodical (Full): Journal of Demographic Economics
Issue: 3
Volume: 82
Pages: 315-363
Data Collections: IPUMS International
Topics: Education, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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