Where has all the education gone in sub-Saharan Africa? employment and other outcomes among secondary school and university leavers

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1270-1300

  Al Samarrai, Samer ^a   Bennell, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Knowledge and Skills for Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SKILLED LABOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 35248899403     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701526592     Document Type: Article

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