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  1. Where does education pay off in Sub-Saharan Africa?
    evidence from two cities of the Republic of Congo
    Author: Kuepié, Mathias; Nordman, Christophe J.
    Published: October 2015
    Publisher:  UMR DIAL 225, Paris

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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Series: Document de travail / UMR DIAL 225 ; DT/2015-17
    Subjects: Labour market participation; Unemployment; Returns to education; Earnings functions; Informal sector; Republic of Congo; Brazzaville; Pointe-Noire
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  2. Where does education pay off in sub-Saharan Africa?
    evidence from two cities of the Republic of Congo
    Author: Kuepié, Mathias; Nordman, Christophe J.
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    Using first-hand data from the 2009 Employment and Informal Sector Survey (EESIC) in the two largest cities of the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, we analyse the impact of education on labour market outcomes, and identify the... more

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    Using first-hand data from the 2009 Employment and Informal Sector Survey (EESIC) in the two largest cities of the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, we analyse the impact of education on labour market outcomes, and identify the segments where education pays off the most. Multivariate analyses of the risk of unemployment and sectoral choice indicate that young people face serious difficulties in the labour market: for most of them, their only choice is to remain unemployed or to join the informal sector. To measure the specific impact of schooling on earnings, we address issues related to sample selection and endogeneity of education in the earnings function. The results shed light on heterogeneity in the returns to schooling across the two main cities and institutional sectors. An important finding is that the informal sector does not systematically lag behind the formal sectors in terms of returns to education. We emphasize convex returns to education, meaning that the last years in secondary and tertiary schooling yield the highest returns, while those of primary education are generally lower. This convexity is also apparent in the informal sector, where education (albeit on another scale) again appears as an important determinant of earnings.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10419/124977
    Edition: Forthcoming in: Oxford Development Studies, 2016
    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 9477
    Subjects: Bildungsertrag; Arbeitsmarktintegration; Arbeitslosigkeit; Risiko; Informelle Wirtschaft; Kongo (Republik)
    Scope: Online-Ressource (32 S.), graph. Darst.