Barro-Lee data provides a specific metric for female educational attainment in later life. It measures the average years of tertiary schooling completed by women aged 60 to 64. This dataset is produced by the World Bank's Education Statistics team.
Use Cases
- Analyze gender gaps in higher education by comparing this 'female, 60-64' cohort metric with corresponding male cohort data.
- Model the relationship between historical tertiary education levels for this 'age 60-64' cohort and national economic growth indicators.
- Track generational shifts in education by comparing the 'average years of tertiary schooling' for this older female cohort with data for younger female cohorts.
- Investigate correlations between this cohort-specific education metric and later-life outcomes like labor force participation or health statistics.
Strengths
- Focuses on a precisely defined demographic group: females aged 60-64.
- Provides a standardized, comparable metric (average years) for cross-country analysis.
Limitations
- Data is aggregated at the cohort level, preventing individual-level analysis.
- The specific sample size and country coverage for this metric are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank, Education Statistics (Barro-Lee dataset).
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Likely multi-country, but specific coverage is unknown.