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Direct linkIsaac Addai – Cogent Education, 2024
Using data from the latest 2017 Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Seven, this paper explores variables affecting household spending on education using the OLS model. The results showed that in the 12 months preceding the survey, household in the southern regions of Ghana increased their education spending on all the three types of the education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Living Standards, National Surveys, Expenditures
Rolleston, Caine – International Journal of Educational Development, 2011
Ghana has seen notable poverty reduction alongside improvements in school participation since 1991. This paper examines the role of education in determining welfare and poverty and its reciprocal, the role of welfare and other aspects of economic privilege in the determination of school attendance and progression. Two groups of models are…
Descriptors: Poverty, Living Standards, Role of Education, Attendance
Donkoh, S. A.; Amikuzuno, J. A. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
The role of formal education in the socio-economic development of a country cannot be over-emphasized. It is in this light, that over the years, governments of Ghana and other organizations have supported the education sector in many ways. Despite the efforts, many people think that a lot more can be done, but resources are not unlimited. Against…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Living Standards, Foreign Countries, Probability
Rolleston, Caine – Comparative Education, 2009
This article examines access to and exclusion from basic education in Ghana over the period 1991-2006, using data derived from the Ghana Living Standards Surveys. It uses the CREATE "zones of exclusion" model to explore schooling access outcomes within the framework of the household production function. Empirical findings indicate that…
Descriptors: Productivity, Educational Benefits, Living Standards, Supply and Demand
Rolleston, Caine; Oketch, Moses – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
The neo-classical "human capital theory" continues to be invoked as part of the rationale for educational expansion in the developing world. While the theory provides a route from educational inputs to economic outputs in terms of increased incomes and standards of living, the route is contingent and relies upon a number of key…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Student Attitudes, Living Standards
Download full textRolleston, Caine – Online Submission, 2009
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…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Family (Sociological Unit), Living Standards, Role of Education
