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In the last two decades, primary and secondary school enrollment rates have declined in Nigeria while enrollment rates in post-secondary school have increased. This paper estimates from the General Household Survey for Nigeria the private returns to schooling associated with levels of...

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Schooling returns for wage earners in Burkina Faso : evidence from the 1994 and 1998 national surveys

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