Determinants of schooling for boys and girls in Nigeria under a policy of free primary education

Type Journal Article - Economics of Education Review
Title Determinants of schooling for boys and girls in Nigeria under a policy of free primary education
Author(s)
Volume 28
Issue 4
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2009
Page numbers 474-484
URL https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/ecoedu/v28y2009i4p474-484.html
Abstract
This paper adds a measure of school costs to the model of determinants of schooling. Costs are estimated with controls for selection into school and the possibility of receiving free primary education (FPE). Controlling for costs, household wealth has a large, positive effect on primary school attendance with greater income elasticity for girls than boys. Girls’ attendance also depends on opportunity costs generated by providing child care for younger siblings and living on a family farm. Policies that increase household resources and reduce opportunity costs are recommended to complement free primary education. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All righ

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