Globalizáció és egyenlőtlenségek – oktatásban és az emberi tőkében
Globalization and Inequalities in Education and Human Capital

Summary/Abstract: Education growth is not projected to slow down. However, as educational attainment increases in the wake of globalisation, the evolution of educational inequalities shows a particular pattern. As educational attainment increases, educational inequalities roughly follow an inverted Kuznets curve over the period of more completed years of schooling. However, in most country groups this is complemented by a slope of opposite curvature in the period of lower education. Thus, a wave-like pattern characterises the inequalities in educational attainment when examined along with educational attainment. The paper also examines the relationship between educational inequality and earnings inequality. The article then analyses the distribution of human capital based on data from a large number of UNESCO member countries, and the results show a clear Nessie curve, i.e. countries with the highest HDI percentiles have significantly higher human capital than countries with the lowest percentiles. In conclusion, the paper confirms the hypothesis that, as globalisation increases schooling, both the differences in schooling and the inequalities in the distribution of human capital increase.

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