Educational expansion and shifting private returns to education: Evidence from Mozambique

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We examine how returns to education have evolved in the context of post-conflict reconstruction and economic growth in Mozambique over the period 1996–2015. We show that private rates of return to education have declined at lower levels of schooling, but remained stable and possibly even increased at the highest levels. Returns are increasingly convex in non-agricultural jobs but almost flat in agriculture. Using consumption expenditure data, as opposed to income data, allows estimation of returns for the entire labour market, not just the minority in formal sector jobs. Results are robust to a wide range of specifications, including use of a pseudo-panel.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of International Development
Vol/bind35
Udgave nummer6
Sider (fra-til)1407-1428
ISSN0954-1748
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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