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| Seebens, Holger; Wobst, Peter. |
| Failure to accumulate human capital is one of the pressing problems of developing countries. Lacking human capital formation bears consequences on an economy wide level, since education contributes to labor productivity. We examine the impact of increased school enrollment with regard to economic growth and income inequality. A dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model applying a 2000 SAM for Tanzania is used to evaluate the quantitative long-term effects of increased school attendance on overall economic growth and welfare. In order to get an insight in how a potential skill upgrade would affect the economy, we simulate a government program that aims at increasing primary school enrollment. We find that an increase in human capital formation in... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: International Development; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18737 |
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| Seebens, Holger. |
| Studies dealing with productivity in female (FHH) and male headed households (MHH) find that FHH appear to be either less, equally, or more productive compared to MHH. Lower productivity of FHH is often explained by insecure access to land, while the findings of higher productivity largely remain unexplained. This paper is an attempt to reconcile these contrasting findings by constructing a model that accounts for productivity effects arising from secure land rights and the risk of falling short of income. Both affect productivity, but they do so in opposite directions. While tenure insecurity tends to decrease labor effort, income risks increase it as subsistence farmers want to avoid falling (deeper) into poverty. Depending on which of these risks... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Female headed households; Tenure insecurity; Income risk; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43609 |
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