Education, skill, and earnings: Further evidence from Ghana

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-794-3
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/073

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ackah, Charles ; Adjasi, Charles ; Turkson, Festus ; Acquah, Adjoa
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/794-3
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/97123
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET