Relation between Education, Cognitive Abilities and Wages : in the Informal Sector in Greater Khartoum (Sudan)

ISBN-13: 9783639149166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 56 str.

Mohamed Salih

Opis

In this study, education was strongly positively correlated to wages (p= 0.012, table 6). In ourstudy we did not investigate which education level is more effective than the others. Asmentioned before, the expansion in education was more in the high school than primaryschool. Moreover, since the rates of return to primary school education are generally low(Cohen B. and W. J. House 1994), we expect high schooling to be is more effective. Althougheducation in Africa has a poor reputation, our results still show a positive effect on wages inKhartoum.The results clearly show that education, although still poor, has a significant relation to wagesin the informal sector in Khartoum. Indeed other detectable and undetectable factors, e.g.countries economic growth, social norms and corruption, do affect the relation betweeneducation and wages. The relationship between education and cognitive ability and theirinteractions on wages are indeed complex and warrant further investigations including theimpacts of productivity and economic growth.

O autorze

M.Sc. In Accounting (Advanced Financial Information System
Programme), Finland.
M.Sc. In Economics, Sweden.
(IT) Degree in Digital Media, Finland.
M.Sc. In (Science), Sweden.
B.Sc. In Islamic Economics, Sudan.