“Because at school, you can become somebody” – The perceived health and economic returns on secondary schooling in rural Burkina Faso

Luisa K Werner, Jan Jabbarian, Moubassira Kagoné, Shannon McMahon, Julia Lemp, Aurélia Souares, Günther Fink and Jan-Walter De Neve

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-15

Abstract: Background: The perceived returns on schooling are critical in schooling decision-making but are not well understood. This study examines the perceived returns on secondary schooling in Burkina Faso, where secondary school completion is among the lowest globally (

Date: 2019
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