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The determinants of school attainment in sub‐Saharan Africa: A case study of Ghana
Author(s) -
Glewwe Paul,
Ilias Nauman
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199605)8:3<395::aid-jid383>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - educational attainment , quality (philosophy) , economic growth , gender gap , demographic economics , economics , development economics , philosophy , epistemology
This paper investigates the factors that determine educational attainment in Ghana. The following specific questions are addressed: 1) What are the relative impacts of economic growth and improvements in school quality on educational attainment? and 2) What policy variables are most effective for reducing the gender gap in educational attainment? We find that economic growth will play the most significant role in raising the school attainment in Ghana in future years. Continued economic growth should also reduce the gender gap substantially. In addition to economic growth, provision of blackboards and repairing of leaking roofs will significantly raise school attainment.