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Human Capital Externalities and Private Returns to Education in Kenya

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  • Mwangi S. Kimenyi

    () (University of Connecticut)

  • Germano Mwabu

    (University of Nairobi)

  • Damiano Kulundu Manda

    (University of Nairobi)

Abstract

We use survey data of full-time workers in Kenya to analyse the effect of human capital externalities on earnings and private returns to education. The estimation results show that education human capital generally associates with positive externalities, indicating that an increase in education benefits all workers. However, the results reveal that men benefit more from women's education than women do from men's schooling. The effects of human capital externalities on private returns to schooling are shown to vary substantially between rural and urban areas and across primary and higher levels of education.

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Article provided by Eastern Economic Association in its journal Eastern Economic Journal.

Volume (Year): 32 (2006)
Issue (Month): 3 (Summer)
Pages: 493-513

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Handle: RePEc:eej:eeconj:v:32:y:2006:i:3:p:493-513

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  1. Rob Vos & Arjun Bedi & Paul K. Kimalu & Damiano K. Manda & Nancy N. Nafula & Mwangi S. Kimenyi, 2004. "Achieving Universal Primary Education: Can Kenya Afford it?," Working papers 2004-47, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  2. Sonia Laszlo, 2005. "Self-employment earnings and returns to education in rural Peru," The Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 41(7), pages 1247-1287.
  3. Ogundari, Kolawole, 2012. "Returns to Education Revisited and Effects of Education on Household Welfare in Nigeria," 2012 Conference, August 31, 2012, Nelson, New Zealand 136051, New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
  4. World Bank, 2009. "Kenya - Poverty and Inequality Assessment : Executive Summary and Synthesis Report," World Bank Other Operational Studies 3081, The World Bank.

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