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

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 benefi...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-07, Vol.17 (7), p.e0270246-e0270246
Main Authors: Werner, Luisa K, Ludwig, Jan-Ole, Sie, Ali, Bagagnan, Cheik H, Zabré, Pascal, Vandormael, Alain, Harling, Guy, De Neve, Jan-Walter, Fink, Günther
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Life expectancy
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Low income groups
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People and places
Poverty
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Biology and Life Sciences
Burkina Faso
Demographics
Demography
Earth Sciences
Economic aspects
Economics
Education
Education reform
Education, Secondary
Educational attainment
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health aspects
Households
Life expectancy
Life span
Low income groups
Management
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mortality
People and places
Poverty
Rural areas
Secondary education
Social Sciences
Statistical models
Surveillance
Surveillance systems
Survival
Survival analysis
Urban areas
title Health and economic benefits of secondary education in the context of poverty: Evidence from Burkina Faso
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