The Impact of Education on Household Decision-Making Among Women in Sierra Leone

Colin Cannonier and Monica Galloway Burke ()
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Monica Galloway Burke: Western Kentucky University

A chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of Africa’s Economic Sectors, 2022, pp 217-254 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The large and growing literature on the impact of education is partly due to the unprecedented rise in primary schooling in developing countries. Although increases in education for women are particularly important from a policy perspective in developing economies, causal studies on the non-pecuniary benefits of increased schooling for women are still in their infancy. We analyze the effect of education on the extent of household decision-making among married women in Sierra Leone using a set of household decision-making variables from a nationally representative survey. Controlling for endogeneity of education using an instrumental variables approach, we find that more educated married women are more likely to have the final say in making household decisions. Our findings show that primary education for girls can have an empowering effect in the household.

Keywords: Primary education; Women; Household decision making; Sierra Leone; Instrumental variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B54 C36 D13 I20 I24 I28 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-75556-0_10

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