Where Does Education Pay Off in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Two Cities of the Republic of Congo
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- Mathias Kuepié & Christophe J. Nordman, 2016. "Where Does Education Pay Off in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Two Cities of the Republic of Congo," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(1), pages 1-27, January.
- Mathias Kuepié & Christophe Nordman, 2015. "Where Does Education Pay Off in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Two Cities of the Republic of Congo," Working Papers DT/2015/17, DIAL (Développement, Institutions et Mondialisation).
- Kuepie, Mathias & Nordman, Christophe Jalil, 2015. "Where Does Education Pay Off in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Two Cities of the Republic of Congo," IZA Discussion Papers 9477, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
returns to education; unemployment; labour market participation; informal sector; Republic of Congo; Earnings functions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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