Human Capital, Poverty, Educational Access and Exclusion: The Case of Ghana 1991-2006. CREATE Pathways to Access. Research Monograph No. 22

Autor/in	Rolleston, Caine
Institution	Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity (CREATE)
Titel	Human Capital, Poverty, Educational Access and Exclusion: The Case of Ghana 1991-2006. CREATE Pathways to Access. Research Monograph No. 22
Quelle	(2009), (49 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-9018-8128-7
Schlagwörter	Human Capital; Family (Sociological Unit); Living Standards; Role of Education; Attendance; Child Labor; Foreign Countries; Sex Fairness; Access to Education; Regression (Statistics); Literature Reviews; Correlation; Poverty; Educational Attainment; Trend Analysis; Graduation Rate; Dropout Rate; Attendance Patterns; Equal Education; Gender Bias; Socioeconomic Status; Age Differences; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humankapital; Familie; Lebensstandard; Bildungsauftrag; Anwesenheit; Child labour; Kinderarbeit; Ausland; Sexualaufklärung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Armut; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Trendanalyse; Geschlechterstereotyp; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	The period since 1991 has seen a general improvement both in terms of household welfare and schooling participation in Ghana. This monograph explores the patterns among descriptive indicators and uses regression analysis to examine possible causal relationships with special reference to the role of education in determining welfare and its reciprocal, the role of welfare and other aspects of economic privilege in the determination of school attendance and progression. It reviews the literature on modelling of the household consumption function as well as on modelling schooling decisions based on the household production function. Two groups of models are then fitted using data from the Ghana Living Standards Surveys. The results suggest that education levels play an important role in determining household welfare and that, for higher levels of education, these effects may be strengthening. Educational expansion has, however, meant that access to the benefits from these effects has widened somewhat. Demographic change has also played an important role in welfare improvements. In terms of absolute numbers, access to schooling in Ghana has expanded dramatically. Rates of completion and of drop-out have not improved, however, and there appears to be a worsening of age-appropriate completion rates. Nonetheless, the first half of the period since 1991 saw substantial increases in rates of ever-attendance and of current-attendance at the basic education level. This growth appears to have been driven by narrowing regional differentials, increasing welfare, urbanisation, improving gender equity, smaller and less dependent households and a reduction in the number of children involved in child labour. It is in relation to progression towards higher levels of education that more significant inequity emerges and in 2006 completion of lower secondary education in Ghana remains the preserve of children in areas and households of relative economic privilege. (Contains 3 footnotes, 15 tables, and 9 figures.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10