Quality of Higher Education and the Labor Market in Developing Countries: Evidence from an Education Reform in Senegal

Dorothee Boccanfuso, Alexandre Larouche and Mircea Trandafir

World Development, 2015, vol. 74, issue C, 412-424

Abstract: While many studies examine the effect of primary education quality on labor market outcomes in developing countries, little is known about the effects at higher levels. We exploit the quasi-experiment provided by a large-scale education reform launched in Senegal in 2000 to investigate how quality improvements at the university level affect employment. Our difference-in-difference estimates suggest that young high-skilled workers experienced a nine percentage-point employment gain relative to older workers. They are also more likely to have “better” jobs (in the service industry or government), suggesting a reduction in the mismatch between the quality of high-skilled labor demanded and supplied.

Keywords: higher education; employment; impact analysis; quality mismatch (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.007

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