Investigating the effects of Education structure on the income Distribution

Subject Areas : Labor and Demographic Economics

Received: 2015-04-25 Accepted : 2015-04-25 Published : 2010-04-01

Keywords: Income Distribution, Education Structure,

Abstract :

        In this paper, the effects of education structure on the distribution of income are going to be explained during 1968 – 2007 in Iran. In order to achieve the end, the writers try to represent the effects of education on the income in equality, the effects of different levels of education, the impact of private and public education and the difference of education effects between men and women. The findings represent that the more the level of education, the less the inequality of income. Public education reduces the income inequality more than the private education and woman education decrease the inequality more than men.

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