Adult returns to schooling and children's school enrollment: theory and evidence from South Africa

Sarah Donovan and Kenneth Swinnerton

A chapter in Child Labor and the Transition between School and Work, 2010, pp 297-319 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: We study how the returns to education in the adult labor market affect children's school enrollment. We show that when families are liquidity constrained, the expected relationship between higher returns and children's schooling is ambiguous. When liquidity constraints matter, the relationship can only be assessed empirically. For African-South African liquidity-constrained households, we find a positive relationship that is quite robust.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1108/S0147-9121(2010)0000031013

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