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Wednesday, December 12 / 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM   •   Tausi

Session 33:
What are the social and economic returns of schooling in contemporary Africa?

Chair: Évina Akam, Institut De Formation Et De Recherche Demographiques (IFORD)
Discussant: Wolfgang Lutz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

  1. Schooling as a lottery: Racial differences in school advancement in urban South Africa • Cally Ardington, University of Cape Town ; David Lam, University of Michigan ; Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town

  2. Economic return of education in a multicultural setting: African female migrants from a comparative perspective • Yaghoob Foroutan, University of Mazandaran

  3. Future returns to education in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria • Anne Goujon, Vienna Institute of Demography and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Samir K.C., International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

  4. The relationship between level of schooling, main economic activity and household assets • Rosalia S. Katapa, Mkwawa University College of Education

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