The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing

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dc.creatorSöderbom, Måns
dc.creatorTeal, Francis
dc.creatorWambugu, Anthony
dc.creatorKahyarara, Godius W.
dc.date2016-03-23T13:43:08Z
dc.date2016-03-23T13:43:08Z
dc.date2006-05-10
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T09:04:46Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T09:04:46Z
dc.descriptionWe use micro data on manufacturing employees in Kenya and Tanzania to estimate returns to education and investigate the shape of the earnings function in the period 1993-2001. In Kenya, there have been long run falls in the returns to education while for Tanzania there is evidence of rising returns in the 1990s. The earnings functions are convex for both countries and this result is robust to endogeneity. Convexity may be part of the explanation as to how rapid expansion of education in Africa has generated so little growth if expansion has been concentrated at lower levels of education.
dc.identifierSöderbom, M., Teal, F., Wambugu, A. and Kahyarara, G., 2006. The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing*. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 68(3), pp.261-288.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1296
dc.identifier10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00162.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4533
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversity of Oxford
dc.subjectReturns to education
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectKenya
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectmanufacturing
dc.titleThe Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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