Session 33: What are the social and economic returns of schooling in contemporary Africa?

Wednesday, December 12 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Tausi Serengeti Wing. Ground Floor

Chair: Évina Akam, Institut De Formation Et De Recherche Demographiques (IFORD)
Discussant: Wolfgang Lutz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

1.	Schooling as a lottery: Racial differences in school advancement in urban South Africa  •  Cally Ardington, University of Cape Town; David Lam, University of Michigan; Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town

2.	Economic return of education in a multicultural setting: African female migrants from a comparative perspective  •  Yaghoob Foroutan, University of Mazandaran

3.	Future returns to education in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria  •  Anne Goujon, Vienna Institute of Demography and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Samir K.C., International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

4.	The relationship between level of schooling, main economic activity and household assets  •  Rosalia S. Katapa, Mkwawa University College of Education

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