Development impact of higher education in Africa: The case of Uganda

Marios Obowna and Sarah N. Ssewanyana

No 94208, Research Series from Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC)

Abstract: Using macro data from a series of household surveys, the paper demonstrates that to some extent there is positive correlation between per capita GDP growth and student enrollment in public universities in Uganda. It also finds that the higher education graduates employed in those sectors which have recorded higher growth rates. The higher education graduates do contribute to the economy indirectly through tax revenues which are in turn used to support social programs among others that benefit the society at large. the paper also demonstrates that the share of taxes from higher education graduates has been increasing over time...

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2007-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.94208

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