Duration Of Pre‐University Education And Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence From A Quasi‐Experiment In Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorBoahen, E.A.
dc.contributor.authorOpoku, K.
dc.contributor.authorSchotte, S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-06T15:02:43Z
dc.date.available2024-09-06T15:02:43Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionResearch Article
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.1002/jid.3519
dc.identifier.urihttps://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/42406
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJournal of International Development
dc.subjectyears of education
dc.subjectlabour market outcomes
dc.subjectregression discontinuity
dc.subjectGhana
dc.titleDuration Of Pre‐University Education And Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence From A Quasi‐Experiment In Ghana
dc.typeArticle

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