Abstract
This paper investigates the factors that determine educational attainment in Ghana. The following specific questions are addressed: 1) What are the relative impacts of economic growth and improvements in school quality on educational attainment? and 2) What policy variables are most effective for reducing the gender gap in educational attainment? We find that economic growth will play the most significant role in raising the school attainment in Ghana in future years. Continued economic growth should also reduce the gender gap substantially. In addition to economic growth, provision of blackboards and repairing of leaking roofs will significantly raise school attainment.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 395-413 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Journal of International Development |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
Keywords
- Economic growth
- Education
- Gender gap
- Ghana
- School attainment
- School quality
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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