The Last of the Lost Generations? Formal and Non-Formal Education in Ghana during Times of Economic Decline and Recovery
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- Blunch, Niels-Hugo & Hammer, Jeffrey S., 2018. "The Last of the Lost Generations? Formal and Non-Formal Education in Ghana during Times of Economic Decline and Recovery," IZA Discussion Papers 11513, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Blunch, Niels-Hugo & Hammer, Jeffrey S., 2018. "The Last of the Lost Generations? Formal and Non-Formal Education in Ghana during Times of Economic Decline and Recovery," GLO Discussion Paper Series 208, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
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Human capital; formal and non-formal education; adult literacy programs; cohort analysis; Ghana;JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
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