An empirical study on education equity in China,1978-2004

By using the education Gini coefficient(EGC),as the indicator of education equity,this paper will calculate the degree of education equity in China during 1978–2004.Results show that although education equity as a whole has improved significantly since 1978,it is rather at a low level compared with the international average.Due to the great inequality among regions and the rural-urban disparity in education,the positive influence of education on social development and economic growth has been limited.

以教育基尼系数作为教育公平程度的量化指标,对中国1978–2004年间的教育公平程度进行测算。结果表明,我国总体教育公平程度较1978年已有显著提高,但与国际水平相比仍然较低。由于区域教育的不平等与城乡教育的不平等,教育对经济增长与社会发展的促进作用是有限的。