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The Impact of Education on Household Decision-Making Among Women in Sierra Leone

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors

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  • Colin Cannonier

    (Belmont University)

  • Monica Galloway Burke

    (Western Kentucky University)

Abstract

The large and growing literature on the impact of education is partly due to the unprecedented rise in primary schooling in developing countries. Although increases in education for women are particularly important from a policy perspective in developing economies, causal studies on the non-pecuniary benefits of increased schooling for women are still in their infancy. We analyze the effect of education on the extent of household decision-making among married women in Sierra Leone using a set of household decision-making variables from a nationally representative survey. Controlling for endogeneity of education using an instrumental variables approach, we find that more educated married women are more likely to have the final say in making household decisions. Our findings show that primary education for girls can have an empowering effect in the household.

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  • Colin Cannonier & Monica Galloway Burke, 2022. "The Impact of Education on Household Decision-Making Among Women in Sierra Leone," Springer Books, in: Evelyn F. Wamboye & Bichaka Fayissa (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors, pages 217-254, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-75556-0_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-75556-0_10
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    Keywords

    Primary education; Women; Household decision making; Sierra Leone; Instrumental variables;
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    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • B54 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Feminist Economics
    • C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation

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