scholarly journals The Effect of the Universal Primary Education Program on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Tanzania

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Delesalle
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Universal Primary Education ◽  
Market Outcomes

Keeping Kids in School: The Long-Term Effects of Extending Compulsory Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-271
Author(s):  
Mahmoud A. A. Elsayed
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
School Reform ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Compulsory Schooling ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Years Of Schooling

This paper uses a natural experiment from Egypt to examine the effect of extending compulsory schooling on long-term educational and labor market outcomes. Beginning in school year 2004–05, the Egyptian government extended primary education from five to six years, moving from an eight-year compulsory schooling system to a nine-year system. Using a regression discontinuity design, I examine whether the compulsory schooling expansion affects years of schooling, literacy and cognitive skills, post-primary attendance, and labor market outcomes of individuals born just around the 1992 school entry cutoff. The results suggest that an extra year of compulsory education increases total years of schooling by 0.6 to 0.8 years. This effect, however, is concentrated among male individuals. In particular, I find that the school reform increases the schooling gap between male and female students by somewhere between 0.30 and 0.48 years. I also find no effect of expanding compulsory education on individuals’ literacy skills, schooling beyond the primary education level, or labor market outcomes. There is some evidence, however, that the school reform has improved reading and self-reported writing skills among male individuals.

Can Arts-Based Interventions Enhance Labor Market Outcomes Among Youth?

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Calero ◽  
Veronica Gonzales ◽  
Yuri Soares ◽  
Jochen Kluve ◽  
Carlos Henrique Leite Corseuil
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes

Migration Patterns and Labor Market Outcomes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anda David ◽  
Mohamed Ali Marouani
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Wealth Index ◽  
Transition Matrices ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Spatial Composition

This chapter focuses on the external effects of emigration on non-migrants, and particularly on the interactions with labor market outcomes in Tunisia before and after the revolution. Using the new Tunisia Labor Market Panel Survey (TLMPS), we conduct an in-depth analysis of the structure and dynamics of migration, including the profile of migrants and their origin households, mainly in terms of skills and spatial composition. We investigate transition matrices, employment status, income for current migrants and returnees, and the evolution of remittances. Our analysis confirms the role of emigration as a safety valve for the Tunisian labor market. Moreover, origin households of migrants have a significantly higher wealth index. Our analysis also tends to confirm the effects of remittances on labor supply of non-migrants, which can have a negative impact on Tunisia’s unemployment rate when a crisis in destination countries affects the remittance rate negatively.

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