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CPS1996 Ali Hebishi Kamel A. et al.

The relationship between Income Inequality and
Disparity Education and effect to achieve SDGs in
Egypt
Ali Hebishi Kamel Abdelhamid, Rawia Wagih Abd ElMagid ElSayed Ragab
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics CAPMAS

Abstract
Egyptian society suffers from the gap in income distribution where the rich
categories represent a small ratio of the population but have the large amount
of income and the opposite for the poorest categories. It's the main obstacle
for achieving inclusive development policies. On the other hand, the countries
put a large amount of its budget to improve education. It’s considered the
base stone in inclusive development for countries. Policymakers usually justify
higher educational spending as a highly effective tool for reducing income
inequality. Theoretical studies suggest that the relation between education
and income inequality is not always clear (Jong, 2002). The purpose of this
paper is to investigate the relationship between education disparities and
income distribution in Egypt. The study provide information by statistical
analysis on household survey data (HICES) through applying Multiple
regression and Binary logistic regression to study the effect of income and
education on each other and using results to know if there have relation
between inequality income and education disparities. It also concluded the
gap in income leads us to disparities in completed education (secondary
education in Egypt is main education) and the study finds that education
disparities has positive impact on income inequality. Also provides useful
insights on how the impact of education has changed over the years for a
developing country like Egypt to achieve targets 4.1 of SDGs 2030.

Keywords
HICES (Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey); Income
Inequality; Disparities in Education

1. Introduction
Egyptian society suffers from the gap in income distribution which
indicates that the rich categories that represent a small ratio of the population
always have the large amount of income, while the rest of the population are
distributed as the poorest categories always get the least ratio of income. This
gab addressed the main obstacle for achieving inclusive development policies
and social justice to help in developing and improving the standards of living
for the society. On the other hand, Education contributes effectively in success
of economic and social development. It also helps in skills improvement and

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