TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Boccanfuso, Dorothée
AU  - Larouche, Alexandre
AU  - Trandafir, Mircea
        TI  - Quality of Higher Education and the Labor Market in Developing Countries: Evidence from an Education Reform in Senegal
        PY  - 2015/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9099
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9099
        AB  - While many studies examine the effect of primary education quality on labor market outcomes in developing countries, little is known about the effects at higher levels. We exploit the quasi-experiment provided by a large-scale education reform launched in Senegal in 2000 to investigate how quality improvements at the university level affect employment. Our difference-in-difference estimates suggest that young high-skilled workers experienced a nine percentage-point employment gain relative to older workers. They are also more likely to have "better" jobs (in the service industry or government), suggesting a reduction in the mismatch between the quality of high-skill labor demanded and supplied.
        KW  - higher education
KW  - employment
KW  - impact analysis
KW  - quality mismatch
        ER  -