Jobs, Skills and Incomes in Ghana: How was poverty halved?
Poverty has halved in Ghana over the period from 1991 to 2005. Our objective in this paper is to assess how far this fall was linked to the creation of better paying jobs and the increase in education. We find that earnings rose rapidly in the period from 1998 to 2005, by 64% for men and by 55% for...
Main Authors: | Nsowah-Nuamah, N, Teal, F, Awoonor-Williams, M |
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Format: | Working paper |
Language: | English |
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CSAE (University of Oxford)
2010
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