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Understanding low average returns to education in Africa : the role of heterogeneity across education levels and the importance of political and economic reforms
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth (contributor) - 2008
recent analysis point to low average returns to education in some African countries including Nigeria. Given these low … the case of Nigeria. Following the sudden death of military general Sanni Abacha, Nigeria moved to democracy in 1999 … education is estimated using instrumental variables exploiting a quasi experiment in Nigeria. The results provide evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763121
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Africa's education enigma? : The Nigerian story
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth (contributor) - 2007
these claims at the micro level. In this study, I focus on Nigeria a country that holds 1/5 of Africa's population. I use … the changes in demand for education in Nigeria and the increased emigration rates from African countries that … characterized the 90s. -- Human capital ; instrumental variables ; Nigeria ; returns to education ; schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003661543
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Biofuel subsidies : an open-economy analysis
Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Wall, … - 2009
We present a general equilibrium analysis of biofuel subsidies in an open-economy context. In the small-country case, when a Pigouvian tax on conventional fuels such as crude is in place, the optimal biofuel subsidy is zero. When the tax on crude is not available as a policy option, however, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920242
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Food for fuel : the effect of the US biofuel mandate on poverty in India
Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie-Hélène; Ural … - 2018
More than 40% of US grain is used for energy due to the Renewable Fuels Mandate (RFS). There are no studies of the global distributional consequences of this purely domestic policy. Using micro-level survey data, we trace the effect of the RFS on world food prices and their impact on household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905077
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Disparities in labor market outcomes across geopolitical regions in Nigeria : fact or fantasy?
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth (contributor) - 2007
Differences in geopolitical regions of Nigeria are not debatable. However, there is no clear consensus on the dimension … using survey data from Nigeria between 1996-1999. Both descriptive and econometric analysis are used to test the null … hypothesis that there are no significant regional differences in labor market outcomes in Nigeria. The results are surprising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003557362
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War and stature : growing up during the Nigerian civil war
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - 2011
; height ; early life ; human capital investments ; Nigeria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523516
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"A flop or a success?" : an evaluation of the welfare impacts of the 6-3-3-4 education system in Nigeria
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2015
The need for graduates who would be productive citizens able to contribute significantly to the Nigerian economy led to the overhaul of the old education system 6-5-4 and the implementation of the 6-3-3-4 system, with its first set of graduates from secondary schools in 1988. The main objective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288570
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Non-farm enterprise productivity and spatial autocorrelation in rural Africa : evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Owoo, Nkechi S.; Naudé, Wim - 2014
from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) and the 2010/2011 Nigeria General Household Survey … productive. In Nigeria, we find evidence for spatial autocorrelation at the individual enterprise level but not at the community … significant determinants of the labour productivity of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This is the first time, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379209
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Health information, treatment, and worker productivity : experimental evidence from malaria testing and treatment among Nigerian sugarcane cutters
Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; Serneels, Pieter - 2014
productivity by randomizing the temporal order at which piece-rate workers at a large sugarcane plantation in Nigeria are offered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339660
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First and second generation impacts of the biafran war
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - 2017
We analyze long-term impacts of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, providing the first evidence of intergenerational impacts. Women exposed to the war in their growing years exhibit reduced adult stature, increased likelihood of being overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716133