Comparison of the trend of decline in the value of schooling across countries

ABSTRACT This article examines trends in the relationship between income amount and quantity of formal education, with a focus on indicators of social position such as occupational classifications and school titling. The starting point is an earlier work circumscribed to Brazil, which found that the weight of schooling had declined relative to the amount of income in recent decades, especially for groups with intermediate levels of education. In the present article, we analyze the trends for a set of six countries, central and peripheral. The main finding is that the trend of a decline in the weight of schooling, especially for groups with intermediate levels of education, is seen in all the countries.