The impact of school quality on earnings and educational returns - evidence from a low-income country

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bedi, AS; Edwards, JHY
• 署名单位: Tulane University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00010-X
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 157-185
• 关键词: earnings; returns to education; school attainment; School quality

摘要

The expansion of education has been widely adopted as a key element in the development strategies of low-income countries. While there is substantial evidence on the benefits of greater educational attainment for subsequent labor market earnings, empirical evidence on the role played by school quality is scarce. This paper combines household survey data with unique data on school quality, from Honduras, to study the importance of school quality as a determinant of earnings. Our objective measures of school quality capture teacher training, school infrastructure and school crowding. The results display strong positive effects of school quality on earnings and on educational returns. These effects persist across a variety of model specifications. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.