MAZUREK, Jiří, Cristina PEREZ RICO and Carlos GARCIA FERNANDEZ. Inequality and Students’ PISA 2018 Performance: A Cross-Country Study. COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC RESEARCH - CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021, vol. 24, No 3, p. 163-182. ISSN 2082-6737. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1508-2008.24.27.
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Original name Inequality and Students’ PISA 2018 Performance: A Cross-Country Study
Authors MAZUREK, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Cristina PEREZ RICO (724 Spain) and Carlos GARCIA FERNANDEZ (724 Spain).
Edition COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC RESEARCH - CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021, 2082-6737.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/47813059:19520/21:A0000245
Organization unit School of Business Administration in Karvina
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1508-2008.24.27
Keywords in English education; gender inequality index; Gini index; inequality; PISA 2018
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
The aim of this paper was to investigate the relationship between countries’ PISA study results from 2018 and a set of indices related to socio‑economic inequality, such as the Gini index, human development index, or gender inequality index, along with purely economic variables, such as GDP per capita and government expenditure on education. The study covered 70 countries, consisting of 37 OECD countries and 33 non‑OECD countries. Research methods included multivariate linear regression models, k‑means clustering, and hierarchical clustering. Our findings revealed that the Gini index was statistically insignificant, indicating income inequality had little effect on students’ PISA performance. On the other hand, the gender inequality index was the single most statistically significant explanatory variable for both OECD and non‑OECD countries. Therefore, our recommendation for policymakers is simple: increase students’ PISA performance, thus enhancing countries’ human capital and competitiveness, and focus on decreasing gender disparity and the associated loss of achievement due to gender inequality.
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