Education, productivity, and inequality : the East African natural experiment
Education, productivity, and inequality : the East African natural experiment
John B. Knight, Richard H. Sabot.
- Oxford ; New York Published for the World Bank, Oxford University Press c1990.
- xv, 445 p. ill. 25 cm.
- World Bank research publication. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-436) and index.
Includes tables.
Developing countries spend tens of billions of dollars each year on education. In the face of severe competition for scarce resources, the effectiveness and distribution of these expenditures merit careful examination. The need for universal primary e ducation is no longer questioned: the key policy issue is at the secondary level. Does expanding the secondary system make good economic sense for a developing country? Do better-educated workers contribute to economic development, or are they merely being trained for minimal jobs that will waste their skills? Does educational expansion increase the inequality of income by adding to the number of well-paid workers or decrease it by reducing the earnings premium that education can command? Does reducing inequality of access to secondary education increase intergenerational mobility? In this book the authors seek to answer these and other questions.
0195208048 9780195208047
Economic development--Effect of education on.
Education, Secondary--Economic aspects--Kenya.
Education, Secondary--Economic aspects--Tanzania.
Labor productivity--Kenya.
Labor productivity--Tanzania.
âEducation--Aspect âeconomique--Kenya.
âEducation--Aspect âeconomique--Tanzanie.
âEducation--Politique gouvernementale--Kenya.
âEducation--Politique gouvernementale--Tanzanie.
âEducation et dâeveloppement âeconomique.
Dâeveloppement âeconomique--Effets de l'âeducation--Kenya.
Education et Etat--Kenya.
Education et Etat--Tanzanie.
Enseignement secondaire--Aspect âeconomique--Kenya.
Enseignement secondaire--Aspect âeconomique--Tanzanie.
Productivitâe--Kenya.
Productivitâe--Tanzanie.
LC67.K4 / K58 1990
Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-436) and index.
Includes tables.
Developing countries spend tens of billions of dollars each year on education. In the face of severe competition for scarce resources, the effectiveness and distribution of these expenditures merit careful examination. The need for universal primary e ducation is no longer questioned: the key policy issue is at the secondary level. Does expanding the secondary system make good economic sense for a developing country? Do better-educated workers contribute to economic development, or are they merely being trained for minimal jobs that will waste their skills? Does educational expansion increase the inequality of income by adding to the number of well-paid workers or decrease it by reducing the earnings premium that education can command? Does reducing inequality of access to secondary education increase intergenerational mobility? In this book the authors seek to answer these and other questions.
0195208048 9780195208047
Economic development--Effect of education on.
Education, Secondary--Economic aspects--Kenya.
Education, Secondary--Economic aspects--Tanzania.
Labor productivity--Kenya.
Labor productivity--Tanzania.
âEducation--Aspect âeconomique--Kenya.
âEducation--Aspect âeconomique--Tanzanie.
âEducation--Politique gouvernementale--Kenya.
âEducation--Politique gouvernementale--Tanzanie.
âEducation et dâeveloppement âeconomique.
Dâeveloppement âeconomique--Effets de l'âeducation--Kenya.
Education et Etat--Kenya.
Education et Etat--Tanzanie.
Enseignement secondaire--Aspect âeconomique--Kenya.
Enseignement secondaire--Aspect âeconomique--Tanzanie.
Productivitâe--Kenya.
Productivitâe--Tanzanie.
LC67.K4 / K58 1990