Education Quality and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa
Education Quality and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa
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In this paper we include measures of school quality in regressions determining the labour market premiums to education level. We use the matric exemption score and the pupil/teacher ratio of the respondents' closest school during childhood as proxies for education quality. We find that the employment and earnings premiums to education level are robust to the inclusion of these quality measures. Moreover, there is a significant direct relationship between our quality measures and earnings, controlling for education level. Increasing the matric exemption score by 10 percentage points increases earnings, on average, by 8% and decreasing the pupil/teacher ratio by one learner is associated with a 1% increase in earnings. No significant relationship is found between the school quality measures and employment. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of South Africa, www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/listofeconomicsurveysofsouthafrica.htm. Qualité de l'éducation et rendement sur le marché du travail en Afrique du Sud Dans cette étude nous incluons des variables de qualité de l'éducation dans les régressions déterminant le rendement sur le marché du travail des niveaux d'éducation atteints. En guise de mesure de la qualité, nous utilisons le taux de réussite au diplôme final d'é...
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