Estimating Returns to Higher Education: A Survey of Models, Methods and Empirical Evidence

Diagne, Abdoulaye; Diène, Bity

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“…The few exceptions include , Bennell (1996), Colclough, Kingdon, and Patrinos (2010), and Diagne and Diene (2011), and these all reach conclusions very different to Psacharopoulos' regarding the returns by level of education. In general, they find that the returns to primary education are lower than those at secondary and post-secondary education.…”

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The Returns to Education in Africa: Some New Estimates

Barouni¹,

Broecke

2014

The Journal of Development Studies

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International audienceWe estimate the rate of return to education for 12 African countries using recent data and a range of methodologies, which we apply consistently across all countries. Our findings confirm that the return to basic education is the lowest (7-10 per cent). The returns to upper secondary and tertiary education are similar to one another (25-30 per cent). Accounting for the risk of joblessness increases these rates of return, particularly for basic education and for women at tertiary level. Our results at the country level suggest that great care should be taken in choosing the appropriate methodology to estimate rates of return

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The Returns to Education in Africa: Some New Estimates

Barouni¹,

Broecke

2014

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…While actual returns to education have been investigated in a number of studies and assessed using plenty of empirical assessment methods (for an overview, see [Diagne, Diene 2011]), studies on expected returns to education are much less numerous. Meanwhile, salary expectations and expected returns to education are crucial factors in selecting an educational trajectory: expectations contribute to demand for education and affect the choice of both major and college.…”

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“…As a result, in the last decade, even while earnings for post-basic education remained somewhat constrained in some countries by large-scale informality, earnings for tertiary education graduates have significantly improved, and large variations have emerged between countries in the region (Diagne & Diene, 2011). (See Figure 26.) growth and equity in tertiary education 123 from universal, the recommendation was to cut back on public subsidies to post-basic and tertiary education and invest predominantly at the primary level.…”

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Growth and Equity in Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Darvas¹,

Ballal²,

Feda³

2014

IJAHE

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This study represents a first report of a regional cross-country analysis of patterns in equity and growth in tertiary education in Sub-Saharan Africa. In it, we analyse country-level surveys and regional statistics to see how expansion affected equity, how equity is explained by household characteristics and other factors, and what the intrinsic characteristics of the tertiary education system are that influence equity. Data show that in many instances, Sub-Saharan African countries fall behind other regions in terms of equity; and whereas some policies, such as diversification and more equitable pre-tertiary education can help, more efforts and more effective policies need to be introduced to make the system more equitable. The report argues that growth itself will not necessarily lead to improved equity and more equitable access to tertiary education can help the sector in achieving its higher-level objectives, including its contribution to competitiveness and prosperity.Cette étude constitue le premier rapport d'une analyse de l'équité et de la croissance de l'enseignement supérieur en Afrique sub-saharienne. Nous analysons des enquêtes nationales et des statistiques régionales pour montrer la manière dont la croissance affecte l'équité, comment l'équité peut être expliquée par les caractéristiques des ménages ainsi que par d'autres facteurs et quels facteurs propres au système d'enseignement

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Estimating Returns to Higher Education: A Survey of Models, Methods and Empirical Evidence

Cited by 14 publications

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The Returns to Education in Africa: Some New Estimates

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