How do adult returns to schooling affect children’s enrollment?

Kenneth Swinnerton

World of Labour, 2016, No 305, 305

Abstract: Universal completion of secondary education by 2030 is among the targets set by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Higher expected adult wages traced to schooling may play a major role in reaching this target as they are predicted to induce increased school enrollment for children whose families wish to optimally invest in their children’s future. However, low incomes and the obligation to meet immediate needs may forestall such investment. Studies suggest that school enrollment in developing countries is positively correlated with higher expected future wages, but poor families continue to under-enroll their children.

Keywords: school enrollment; returns to schooling; income effects; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I26 J13 J24 J3 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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