Africa's education enigma? The Nigerian story

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Dual Poverty Trap: Intra‐ and Intergenerational Linkages in Frictional Labor Markets

“…However, recent refined studies show that these figures may be due to omitted variable bias. Using a credible instrument and controlling for gender and sector of residence, Uwaifo Oyelere (2010) found that the rate of return to education in 1990s Nigeria was only 2.8%. Consistently with our result, she mentions that the low average return to education explains the fall in the demand for education, the increased shift to rent‐seeking activities, and increased emigration rates from Nigeria during the 1990s.…”

Beautiful SWAN, or ugly duckling? The attempt to reduce gender inequality by the Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria

“…Women's education also suffered from the religious and cultural stereotypes and political patriarchy that predominate, both in the Christian South and Islamic North as their domestic role was held to be paramount (Lincove, 2009;Obasi, 1997;Ogunyemi, 2015;Oyelere, 2010;Pittin, 1990;Tuwor & Sossou, 2008). While the bias towards male schooling today is less pronounced than it was in the colonial era (Dauda, 2007;Ityavvyar & Obiajunwa, 1992), progress towards improvement has been slow.…”

Education and Employment Outcomes in Ghana through the Lens of the Capability Approach

“…Evidence suggests that overall returns to an extra year of formal education is low in Africa (3.5 per cent), and for women about half of men's (Uwaifo Oyelere, 2005). In Ghana, returns from primary schooling became almost nil toward the end of the 1980s, as a consequence of the expansion of primary education (Lavy, 1992).…”