The Push Towards UPE and the Determinants of the Demand for Education in Tanzania

Måns Nerman () and Trudy Owens
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Måns Nerman: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 40530 GÖTEBORG

No 472, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper uses household data to investigate the determinants of demand for education in Tanzania and test whether these have changed during the government’s push for Universal Primary Education in the 2000s. We find that the abolition of school fees was followed by an overall increase in enrolment, yet the sustained importance of household’s consumption, livelihood and education indicates that the socio-economic standing of the household remains an important source of educational inequality. We also include estimated returns to education as an explanatory factor but find no indications that returns determine demand in Tanzania.

Keywords: Primary education; household behaviour; Tanzania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2010-11-02, Revised 2012-03-13
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Note: The original title of this working paper was: "Determinants of demand for education in Tanzania: Costs, returns and preferences"
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