Health and economic benefits of secondary education in the context of poverty: Evidence from Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT: Even though formal education is considered a key determinant of individual well-being globally, enrollment in secondary schooling remains low in many low- and middle-income countries, suggesting that the perceived returns to such schooling may be low. We jointly estimate survival and monetary benefits of secondary schooling using detailed demographic and surveillance data from the Boucle du Mouhoun region, Burkina Faso, where national upper secondary schooling completion rates are among the lowest globally (<10%). We first explore surveillance data from the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System from 1992 to 2016 to determine long-term differences in survival outcomes between secondary and higher and primary schooling using Cox proportional hazards models. To estimate average inc

SUBMITTER: Werner LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258827 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature