Educational and Geographic Spillovers of Higher Education in the Developing World: Case Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributorNorling, Johannes
dc.contributorShepardson, Dylan
dc.contributorLay, Margaret
dc.contributorHartley, James
dc.contributor.advisorAdelman, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorErbabian, Maddison
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-06T14:43:15Z
dc.date.available2020-07-06T14:43:15Z
dc.date.gradyear2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020-07-06
dc.description.abstractEducation is often a means to intergenerational mobility, but it still remains inaccessible to many people in much of the developing world. Higher education institutions directly affect the higher education level of the communities they are established in, but they may also have spillovers on lower levels of schooling. In this paper, I use an event study framework to estimate the spillovers universities in developing countries have on the local community’s educational attainment. I find more consistent spillovers on primary school enrollment than on secondary school enrollment. I estimate the establishment of a college increases the likelihood of the enrollment of primary school age children by up to 3.8 percentage points in Uganda, up to 5.1 percentage points in Kenya, and up to 9.2 percentage points in Ghana. I also find spillovers on school enrollment are strongest for children from low and lower-middle income families. My research adds to the literature on the spillovers of higher education in developing countries by providing some of the first estimates of educational spillovers in Uganda, Kenya, and Ghana. This cross-country comparison will allow me to assess the external validity of my findings and study the factors that might be driving the differences in spillovers in various countries.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEconomicsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/6046
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedpublicen_US
dc.subjectEconomicsen_US
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectEconomic Geographyen_US
dc.subjectPublic Economicsen_US
dc.subjectIntergenerational Mobilityen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectEconomics of Educationen_US
dc.subjectEvent Studyen_US
dc.subjectMicroeconomicsen_US
dc.subjectApplied Microeconomicsen_US
dc.subjectEconometricsen_US
dc.subjectInternational Developmenten_US
dc.subjectDevelopment Economicsen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.subjectEconomic Spilloversen_US
dc.subjectGeographic Spilloversen_US
dc.subjectEducation Spilloversen_US
dc.subjectSocioeconomic Mobilityen_US
dc.titleEducational and Geographic Spillovers of Higher Education in the Developing World: Case Studies in Sub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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