emean {educineq}

Mean years of schooling

Description

emean is a function to compute mean years of schooling for any group of countries included in the dataset developed in Jorda and Alonso (2017). It is computed as the average of the national years of schooling weighted by population weights.

Usage

emean(countries, init.y, final.y, database, plot = TRUE)

Arguments

countries

character vector with the country codes of the countries to be used. Some macro-regions are already defined and can be used instead of the country codes: South Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Advanced Economies, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific and all for the 142 counrties included in the dataset.(see data_country).

init.y

the first year in which the function is calculated. Available years are 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010.

final.y

the last year in which the function is calculated Available years are 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010.

database

population subgrup for which the function is calculated. The following options are available:

1. "total15": Total population aged over-15.

2. "total25": Total population aged over-25.

3. "male15": Male population aged over-15.

4. "male25": Male population aged over-25.

5. "female15": Female population aged over-15.

6. "female25": Female population aged over-25.

plot

if TRUE (the default), displays a graph of the results.

Value

emean returns a list with the following objects:

1. mean_years_of_schooling: evolution of mean years of schooling from the initial to the last year.

2. countries: countries used to compute mean years of schooling.

3. If plot = TRUE, graphical representation of the numerical results.

References

Jorda, V. and Alonso, J.M. (2017). New estimates on educational attainment using a continuous approach (1970-2010), World Development, 90, 281 - 293. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X16305010

See Also

data_country. Visit http://www.educationdata.unican.es for more information on the constructoin of the dataset and the available countries.

Examples

emean(countries = "Advanced Economies", init.y = 1980, final.y = 2000,
      database = "male25")
emean(countries = c("DNK", "FIN", "ISL", "NOR", "SWE"), init.y = 1980,
      final.y = 2000, database = "male25")