Africa's education enigma? The Nigerian story

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-139

  Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human capital; Instrumental variables; Nigeria; Returns to education; Schooling

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN CAPITAL; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70349866243     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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