TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimating the determinants of cognitive achievement in low-income countries
T2 - the case of Ghana
AU - Glewwe, P.
AU - Jacoby, H.
PY - 1992/1/1
Y1 - 1992/1/1
N2 - Assesses the determinants of student achievement in middle schools in Ghana, with special attention given to school characteristics. A model of human capital accumulation is presented which includes decisions on how long to attend school, which school to attend, and how much human capital to accumulate. The authors estimate, for the cohort of children aged 12 to 18, the probability that they are in middle school, their choice of which middle school to attend, and the determinants of achievement in reading and mathematics skills. In addition to specific findings regarding which school characteristics contribute to such achievement, they find some evidence indicating that households in Ghana suffer from credit constraints and fairly strong evidence that sample selectivity is taking place and hence may distort estimates that do not account for it. -from Authors
AB - Assesses the determinants of student achievement in middle schools in Ghana, with special attention given to school characteristics. A model of human capital accumulation is presented which includes decisions on how long to attend school, which school to attend, and how much human capital to accumulate. The authors estimate, for the cohort of children aged 12 to 18, the probability that they are in middle school, their choice of which middle school to attend, and the determinants of achievement in reading and mathematics skills. In addition to specific findings regarding which school characteristics contribute to such achievement, they find some evidence indicating that households in Ghana suffer from credit constraints and fairly strong evidence that sample selectivity is taking place and hence may distort estimates that do not account for it. -from Authors
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027046145
SN - 0253-4517
VL - 91
JO - World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study Working Paper
JF - World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study Working Paper
ER -
