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Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

54 (3) 2020 59 – 76

Measuring the Inequality in Education: Educational Kuznets Curve
Mengukur Ketaksetaraan dalam Pendidikan: Keluk Kuznet Pendidikan

Faculty of Training and Teaching
Islamic University of Syekh-Yusuf
Jl. Maulana Yusuf Babakan
Kota Tangerang Banten 15118
INDONESIA

khusaini@unis.ac.id

Faculty of Economics and Business
University of Padjadjaran
Kampus Jatinangor
Jln. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21 Jatinangor
Sumedang Jawa Barat 45363
INDONESIA

sutyastie@fe.unpad.ac.id

Mohamad Fahmi
Faculty of Economics and Business
University of Padjadjaran
Kampus Jatinangor
Jln. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21 Jatinangor
Sumedang Jawa Barat 45363
INDONESIA

mfahmi@fe.unpad.ac.id

Faculty of Economics and Business
University of Padjadjaran
Kampus Jatinangor
Jln. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21 Jatinangor
Sumedang Jawa Barat 45363,
INDONESIA

muhamad.purnagunawan@fe.unpad.ac.id

Abstract

This study aims to measure the inequality of education. The study examines the pattern in the educational Lorenz curve as a way to investigate the impact of education experience, per capita income, and poverty on educational inequality. Using Banten Province secondary data series over 1996 –2016, the unbalanced panel unit root were tested for the educational Kuznets curve. The regression results shows that the educational Kuznets curve does not exist. While we found that the educational experience reduce the educational inequality, the per capita income and poverty were not significant.

Keywords

education experience; Educational inequality; educational Kuznets curve; Indonesia; per capita income

Author’s Acknowledgement

For their comments and suggestions, the author sincerely thanks to two anonymous reviewers and Hazmi Shahin. The sole responsibility of the authors
remains for any remaining mistakes. This research is no conflict of interest and no receive a specific grant from the governments’ fund or other agencies.

http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2020-5403-5
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Khusaini, , Remi, , Fahmi, , & Purnagunawan, (2020). Measuring the Inequality in Education: Educational Kuznets Curve. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 54(3), 59–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2020-5403-5

@article{khusaini2020measuring,
  title={Measuring the Inequality in Education: Educational Kuznets Curve},
  author={Khusaini, and Remi, Sutyastie Soemitro and Fahmi, Mohamad and Purnagunawan, R. Muhamad},
  journal={Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia},
  volume={54},
  number={3},
  pages={59—76},
 

year={2020},
}

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