Health and economic benefits of secondary education in the context of poverty: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Luisa K Werner, Jan-Ole Ludwig, Ali Sie, Cheik H Bagagnan, Pascal Zabré, Alain Vandormael, Guy Harling, Jan-Walter De Neve and Günther Fink

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: Even though formal education is considered a key determinant of individual well-being globally, enrollment in secondary schooling remains low in many low- and middle-income countries, suggesting that the perceived returns to such schooling may be low. We jointly estimate survival and monetary benefits of secondary schooling using detailed demographic and surveillance data from the Boucle du Mouhoun region, Burkina Faso, where national upper secondary schooling completion rates are among the lowest globally (

Date: 2022
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