-Saharan African countries (SSAs), particularly Ghana. The weakness in the link between education and the needed skill by the industry … new evidence on the effect of education and skill-language, computer and numeracy skills-on unemployment duration in Ghana … employs Cox's Proportional Hazard Model to examine the effect of education, language, computer and numeracy skill on …

examines the impact of education on both risk components. France faces a higher unemployment rate than West-Germany, due to a …. The risk of entering unemployment is particularly high for French employees with poor education, but higher education … unemployed, they are better in France than in West-Germany at all education levels, but particularly for the unemployed with a …

ability, and the choice of education is determined endogenously. Job opportunities in an informal sector are available only to … workers who choose not to acquire higher education. We find that increased punishment of informal activities increases the …

irrelevance of education for socio-economic position of immigrants once the country of origin has been controlled for. …