Education and earnings in urban West Africa

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dc.contributor.authorKuepie, Mathias
dc.contributor.authorNordman, Christophe J.
dc.contributor.authorRoubaud, François
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-25T16:03:41Z
dc.date.available2014-08-25T16:03:41Z
dc.date.copyright2008
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractUsing a series of comparable labor force surveys in urban West Africa, we estimate the private returns to education among representative samples of workers in seven economic capitals (Abidjan, Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar, Lome, Niamey and Ouagadougou). The data allow us to provide a unique cross-country comparison using rigorously the same variables and methodology for each country. We tackle the issues of endogenous sector allocation (public, formal private and informal sectors) and endogeneity of the education variable in the earnings functions. We find that the returns to schooling are most often enhanced once an endogenous education variable is accounted for. This effect holds particularly true in the informal sector. In most West African cities of our sample, the public sector gives more value to education, followed by the formal private sector and then the informal sector. We also shed light on convex returns to education in all the cities and sectors, including in informal activity. More generally, a major contribution of this paper is to provide evidence of significant effects of education on individual earnings in the informal sectors of the West African cities, even at high levels of schooling. Journal of Comparative Economics 37 (3) (2009) 491–515. IRD, DIAL, France; CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg.en
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dc.identifier.citationKuepie, K., Nordman, C. J., & Roubaud, F. (2009). Education and earnings in urban West Africa. Journal of Comparative Economics, 37, 491-515. doi:10.1016/j.jce.2008.09.007en
dc.identifier.issn0147-5967
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/53070
dc.identifier.urihttp://wiego.org/sites/wiego.org/files/publications/files/Nordman_Education.Earnings.Urban_.West_.Africa.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATIONen
dc.subjectEARNINGS FUNCTIONSen
dc.subjectENDOGENEITY OF SCHOOLINGen
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTORen
dc.subjectWEST AFRICAen
dc.subjectURBAN AREASen
dc.subjectMANPOWERen
dc.subjectRECURRENT EDUCATIONen
dc.subjectINCOME GENERATIONen
dc.titleEducation and earnings in urban West Africaen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
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idrc.project.componentnumber107233002
idrc.project.number107233
idrc.project.titleAn investigation into the determinants of business performance in Francophone Africaen
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-6629-2
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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