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Returns to education in MENA countries: a continuing story of under-achievement

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The paper provides a comparative study of private rates of return to education in five MENA countries to better understand the pattern of rewards to different levels of schooling. Moreover, the paper attempts to link the structure of returns to education to labour market, gender and different age groups. The findings confirm less consistency among countries and this is due to differences in education quality and supply and demand of graduates, which has a significant influence on returns to schooling. Returns to additional years of schooling are the highest for Tunisia and lowest for Egypt. On analysing the rate of return to education by socio-economic factors: returns to education for women are lower than for men, and older cohorts have highest returns particularly for Egypt and Tunisia. With respect to policymakers, MENA region should adopt education policies that target quality of education, which meets labour demand rather than expansion of education.

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  • Reham Rizk, 2019. "Returns to education in MENA countries: a continuing story of under-achievement," International Journal of Education Economics and Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(4), pages 427-448.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeded:v:10:y:2019:i:4:p:427-448
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    Cited by:

    1. Neji Saidi & Mohieddine Rahmouni, 2022. "Household demand for private tutoring in Tunisia," Post-Print hal-04270372, HAL.
    2. Reham Rizk & Ronia Hawash, 2020. "Education Gap and Youth: A Growing Challenge in The MENA Region," Working Papers 1394, Economic Research Forum, revised 20 May 2020.

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