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Duration of High School Education and Youth Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Ghana

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  • Gordon Abekah‐Nkrumah
  • Patrick Opoku Asuming
  • Hadrat Yusif

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This paper estimates the effects of an additional year in senior high school (SHS) on early labour market outcomes in Ghana. Using data from a nationally representative household survey, we find that an additional year in SHS increases the likelihood of being employed and being employed in the formal sector but has no effect on the likelihood of being in paid employment. Additionally, we find that the effects are concentrated in female samples. Although the results constitute an important contribution to the debate on duration of SHS in Ghana, we caution that policy interventions should be based on more extensive evidence. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Gordon Abekah‐Nkrumah & Patrick Opoku Asuming & Hadrat Yusif, 2019. "Duration of High School Education and Youth Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Ghana," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(7), pages 617-631, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:31:y:2019:i:7:p:617-631
    DOI: 10.1002/jid.3429
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    1. Emmanuel Adu Boahen & Kwadwo Opoku & Simone Schotte, 2021. "Duration of Pre‐university Education and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Quasi‐experiment in Ghana," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(1), pages 208-232, January.
    2. Andreas Backhaus & Elke Loichinger, 2022. "Female Labor Force Participation in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Cohort Analysis," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 48(2), pages 379-411, June.
    3. Gordon Abekah‐Nkrumah & Patrick Opoku Asuming & Hadrat Yusif, 2022. "The impact of an additional year in high school on academic performance at university: Evidence from a policy experiment in Ghana," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(6), November.

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