Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa : Has Progress Been Inclusive?
This paper employs nationally representative household survey data on parents of adult individuals to analyze the intergenerational transmission of education in nine Sub-Saharan African countries. The paper provides the levels, trends, and patterns...
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okr-10986-251592021-04-23T14:04:29Z Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa : Has Progress Been Inclusive? Azomahou, Theophile T. Yitbarek, Eleni A. intergenerational persistence education mobility This paper employs nationally representative household survey data on parents of adult individuals to analyze the intergenerational transmission of education in nine Sub-Saharan African countries. The paper provides the levels, trends, and patterns of intergenerational persistence of educational attainment over 50 years, with a special focus on gender differences. The study finds a declining cohort trend in the intergenerational educational persistence in all the countries, particularly after the 1960s. The increase in educational mobility coincides with drastic changes in educational systems and a huge investment in human capital accumulation in the region following independence. Nevertheless, the education of parents' remains a strong determinant of educational outcomes among the children in all the countries. Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and Uganda experienced the highest intergenerational mobility, and the Comoros and Madagascar the lowest. In all the sample countries, more mobility is observed in the lower tail of the distribution of education. Intergenerational educational persistence is strong from mothers to children, and the effect is more pronounced among daughters than sons. The results highlight the need for targeted redistributive policies that improve intergenerational mobility in the region. 2016-10-17T14:28:45Z 2016-10-17T14:28:45Z 2016-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26826533/intergenerational-education-mobility-africa-progress-inclusive http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25159 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7843 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa |
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This paper employs nationally
representative household survey data on parents of adult
individuals to analyze the intergenerational transmission of
education in nine Sub-Saharan African countries. The paper
provides the levels, trends, and patterns of
intergenerational persistence of educational attainment over
50 years, with a special focus on gender differences. The
study finds a declining cohort trend in the
intergenerational educational persistence in all the
countries, particularly after the 1960s. The increase in
educational mobility coincides with drastic changes in
educational systems and a huge investment in human capital
accumulation in the region following independence.
Nevertheless, the education of parents' remains a
strong determinant of educational outcomes among the
children in all the countries. Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and
Uganda experienced the highest intergenerational mobility,
and the Comoros and Madagascar the lowest. In all the sample
countries, more mobility is observed in the lower tail of
the distribution of education. Intergenerational educational
persistence is strong from mothers to children, and the
effect is more pronounced among daughters than sons. The
results highlight the need for targeted redistributive
policies that improve intergenerational mobility in the region. |
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Azomahou, Theophile T. Yitbarek, Eleni A. |
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Azomahou, Theophile T. Yitbarek, Eleni A. |
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Azomahou, Theophile T. |
| title |
Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa : Has Progress Been Inclusive? |
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Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa : Has Progress Been Inclusive? |
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Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa : Has Progress Been Inclusive? |
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Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa : Has Progress Been Inclusive? |
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Intergenerational Education Mobility in Africa : Has Progress Been Inclusive? |
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intergenerational education mobility in africa : has progress been inclusive? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26826533/intergenerational-education-mobility-africa-progress-inclusive http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25159 |
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