THE EFFECT OF GENDER INEQUALITY AND INCOME INEQUALITY ON COUNTRIES' EXPECTED LENGTH OF SCHOOLING: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS EXAMPLE
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This study examines the effect of income inequality and gender inequality on expected length of schooling. The working group consists of countries with the highest and lowest human development scores in the Human Development Index. According to the reverse sampling technique, the top 14 countries with the highest scores and the bottom 14 countries with the lowest scores on the Human Development Index were selected. Panel data on the expected length of schooling, income inequality, and gender inequality in these countries between 1990 and 2023 were analyzed using the Jamovi 2.6 program. The average expected length of schooling in countries with the highest human development index is 17.3 years, while the average expected length of schooling in countries with the lowest human development index is 8.5 years. There is a significant difference between countries with high human development scores and those with low scores in terms of both income inequality and gender inequality averages. In countries with high human development scores, income inequality and gender inequality are lower. There is an inverse and significant relationship between expected years of schooling and income inequality and gender inequality. Gender inequality has a mediating effect between income inequality and expected length of schooling.
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