Does doing an apprenticeship pay off? Evidence from Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorMonk, Courtney
dc.contributor.authorSandefur, Justin
dc.contributor.authorTeal, Francis
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-06T14:14:22Z
dc.date.available2011-05-06T14:14:22Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractIn Ghana there is a highly developed apprenticeship system where young men and women undertake sector-specific private training, which yields skills used primarily in the informal sector. In this paper we use a 2006 urban based household survey with detailed questions on the background, training and earnings of workers in both wage and self-employment to ask whether apprenticeship pays off. We show that apprenticeship is by far the most important institution providing training and is undertaken primarily by those with junior high school or lower levels of education. The summary statistics indicate that those who have done an apprenticeship earn much less than those who have not. This suggests that endogenous selection into the apprenticeship system is important, and we take several measures to address this issue. We find a significant amount of heterogeneity in the returns to apprenticeship across education. Our most conservative estimates imply that for currently employed people, who did apprenticeships but have no formal education, the training increases their earnings by 50%. However this declines as education levels rise. We argue that our results are consistent with those who enter apprenticeship with no education having higher ability than those who enter with more education.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (37 p. : ill.)en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/46004
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCentre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford, Oxford, GBen
dc.relation.ispartofCSAE working paper; WPS/2008-09en
dc.subjectAFRICAen
dc.subjectTRAININGen
dc.subjectTREATMENTen
dc.subjectCONTROL FUNCTION JELen
dc.subjectLABOUR MARKETen
dc.subjectSKILL SHORTAGEen
dc.subjectAPPRENTICESHIPen
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSen
dc.subjectSKILLS DEVELOPMENTen
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTORen
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTen
dc.subjectGHANAen
dc.titleDoes doing an apprenticeship pay off? Evidence from Ghanaen
dc.typeIDRC-Related Reporten
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number104443
idrc.project.titleImproving Labour Market Outcomes for the Poor in Sub-Saharan Africaen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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