Female Schooling, Non-Market Productivity, and Labor Market Participation in Nigeria

Arbeitspapier

Economists have argued that increasing female schooling positively influences the labor supply of married women by inducing a faster rise in market productivity relative to non-market productivity. I use the Nigerian Labor Force Survey to investigate how own and husband's schooling affect women's labor market participation. I find that additional years of postsecondary education increases wage market participation probability by as much as 15.2%. A marginal increase in primary schooling has no effect on probability of wage employment, but could enhance participation rates in self-employment by about 5.40%. These effects are likely to be stronger when a woman is married to a more educated spouse. The results suggest that primary education is more productive in non-wage work relative to wage work, while postsecondary education is more productive in wage work. Finally, I find evidence suggesting that non-market work may not be a normal good for married women in Nigeria.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Center Discussion Paper ; No. 879

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Analysis of Education ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
• Subject: Nigeria ; Female Schooling ; Women's Labor Market Participation ; Non-Market Productivity ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Bildungsverhalten ; Allgemeinbildende Schule ; Produktivität ; Nigeria

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Aromolaran, Adebayo B.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Yale University, Economic Growth Center
• (where): New Haven, CT
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/98381
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET