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    Duration Of Pre‐University Education And Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence From A Quasi‐Experiment In Ghana
    (Journal of International Development, 2020) Boahen, E.A.; Opoku, K.; Schotte, S.
    This paper provides new evidence on the effect of shortening the duration of pre‐university education on long‐term labour market outcomes in Ghana, exploiting the education reform of 1987 as a natural experiment. Our results indicate that the drastic cut in the duration of pre‐tertiary education from 17 to 12 years improved the labour market success of treated cohorts. However, this is driven by a ‘quantity’ effect: the shorter course duration reduced the direct and indirect costs of acquiring post‐primary education and allowed more students to enrol, which provided access to better job opportunities. On aggregate, this has dominated the negative effect on education ‘quality’. © 2020 UNU‐WIDER. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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    Female Labor Force Participation, Infrastructure, and Sectoral Value Additions in Sub-Saharan Africa
    (Springer International Publishing, 2022) Kumi, E.; Yeboah, T.; Ibrahim, M.
    Abstract The contribution of women to nation-building has been well-documented. However, existing studies have focused on the drivers of female labor force participation without examining how their participation in the labor market impacts various sectors of the economy. In addition to examining the unique effects of female labor force participation on sectoral value additions in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this chapter investigates the role of domestic infrastructure in mediating the relationship between female labor force participation and sectoral growth. Utilizing annual panel data spanning from 1990 to 2017 for 33 countries in SSA, we find that, while female labor force participation positively affects sectoral value additions, its effect is only significant for the service sector, which is further magnified by well-developed infrastructure.