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 …

about a year on average and gain about 8% higher wages; women obtained a slightly greater increase in education and a … 1970 and 1975. Using the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, we find that the expansion caused men to increase education by … similar increase in wages. Clearly, there was a sizeable gain from being born late enough to take advantage of the greater …