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Private returns to higher education in Nigeria

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  • Okuwa O.B.

    (Development Policy Centre, Nigeria)

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  • Okuwa O.B., 2004. "Private returns to higher education in Nigeria," Working Papers 139, African Economic Research Consortium, Research Department.
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    1. 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.
    2. Mahdi Barouni & Stijn Broecke, 2014. "The Returns to Education in Africa: Some New Estimates," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(12), pages 1593-1613, December.
    3. Issofou NJIFEN & Aicha PEMBOURA, 2020. "Hétérogénéité dans les rendements de l’éducation au Cameroun : une estimation en présence des biais de sélection et d’endogénéité," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 52, pages 105-126.
    4. Emeka W. Dumbili, 2014. "The McDonaldization of Nigerian Universities," SAGE Open, , vol. 4(2), pages 21582440145, April.

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