This paper provides evidence on the nature of returns to education in Ghana and confirms the emerging empirical … literature on the convexity of returns to education in Ghana. Using a basic Mincerian, model we find that returns to education … results point to the importance of higher education in productivity. Nonetheless educational policies should not only be …

reform had a negative impact on the hourly earnings of individuals with primary education. … primary school education from 7 to 8 years. At the same time, the reform did not affect the education system at post …-primary levels, that is the system of secondary and higher education. In result, all education tracks were extended by one year …

demonstrate that the role of education in explaining the gender earnings gap has been limited and even decreased over cohorts … gender earnings gap. As educational attainment is cohortdependent, an Age-Period-Cohort analysis is most appropriate in our … view. Using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data, we show that while in terms of attainment of tertiary education women …