At All Costs: Educational Expansion and Persistent Inequality in the Philippines

• Main Author: Ramirez Yee, Karol Mark
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: Education policy; Educational expansion; Equality of opportunity; Higher education; Higher education access; Philippines; Education; Educational Administration and Supervision; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research; Educational Leadership; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/gbseald-edu-lead-faculty-pubs/4; https://drive.google.com/file/d/13xZcUOs9IBEHehBl8rGnesWfv5kH8dCv/view?usp=sharing
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper studies educational inequality in the Philippines from 1950 to 2015, examining changes in the association between social origin and educational attainment against a backdrop of educational expansions and fluctuating economic conditions. Using data from the World Bank STEP Skills Survey, t...