Arbeitspapier

Education, skill, and earnings: Further evidence from Ghana

This paper provides evidence on the nature of returns to education in Ghana and confirms the emerging empirical literature on the convexity of returns to education in Ghana. Using a basic Mincerian, model we find that returns to education more than triples from primary to secondary level or higher - an indication of a rather strong convex relationship. The results point to the importance of higher education in productivity. Nonetheless educational policies should not only be directed at increasing enrolment and quality of education at the secondary and higher educational levels but also at improving the quality of basic education.

ISBN
978-92-9230-794-3
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/073

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Thema
education
earnings
convexity
Ghana

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ackah, Charles
Adjasi, Charles
Turkson, Festus
Acquah, Adjoa
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2014

DOI
doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/794-3
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ackah, Charles
  • Adjasi, Charles
  • Turkson, Festus
  • Acquah, Adjoa
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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