The evolution of private returns to education during post-conflict transformation: Evidence from Mozambique

TY - UNPB

T1 - The evolution of private returns to education during post-conflict transformation

T2 - Evidence from Mozambique

AU - Jones, Edward Samuel

AU - Sohnesen, Thomas Pave

AU - Trifkovic, Neda

PY - 2018/11

Y1 - 2018/11

N2 - This paper estimates how private returns to education have evolved in the context of postconflict transformation in Mozambique. This has been characterized by rapid economic growth, significant expansion of the schooling system, but also limited structural change in a labour market dominated by small-scale agricultural activity. We find clear evidence that rates of return to education in the country have shifted over time—declining at lower levels of schooling, but remaining stable and possibly rising at the highest levels. This is consistent with increasingly convex returns, which are most evident among those in non-agricultural (wage) jobs. As such, workers today must accumulate more years of schooling to achieve the same expected return as in the past.

AB - This paper estimates how private returns to education have evolved in the context of postconflict transformation in Mozambique. This has been characterized by rapid economic growth, significant expansion of the schooling system, but also limited structural change in a labour market dominated by small-scale agricultural activity. We find clear evidence that rates of return to education in the country have shifted over time—declining at lower levels of schooling, but remaining stable and possibly rising at the highest levels. This is consistent with increasingly convex returns, which are most evident among those in non-agricultural (wage) jobs. As such, workers today must accumulate more years of schooling to achieve the same expected return as in the past.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - returns to education

KW - workforce

KW - pseudo-panel

KW - Mozambique

KW - Employment

KW - Education

M3 - Working paper

T3 - UNU WIDER Working Paper Series

BT - The evolution of private returns to education during post-conflict transformation

ER -