Gender, age cohort, and household investment in child schooling: New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Autor:	Williams Ohemeng, Alfred Barimah, Abdul Malik Iddrisu, Michael Danquah
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Sub saharan 050204 development studies 0502 economics and business 05 social sciences Cohort Educational expenditure Gender bias Demographic economics Sociology 050207 economics Investment (macroeconomics) Human capital
Zdroj:	WIDER Working Paper ISBN: 9789292567668 WIDER Working Paper
DOI:	10.35188/unu-wider/2020/766-8
Popis:	Sub-Saharan Africa continues to post one of the highest gender gaps in educational outcomes in the world. Gender gaps in educational outcomes might be attributed to an uneven allocation of household resources towards the schooling of boys and girls. In this paper, we interrogate this issue using individual-level data from Ghana. Methodologically, the paper explores two potential sources of gender bias: bias in the decision to enrol/keep boys and girls in school; and bias in the educational expenditure on boys and girls enrolled in school.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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