Intergenerational Mobility:Evidence from Ghana’s Education System

目录

声明

Acknowledgement

摘要

Abstract

List of Abbreviations

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

1．1 Background of the study

1．2 Significance ofthe study

1．3 Research Problems

1．4 Snmcture of the Thesis

1．5 Method of the study

1．6 Contributions and Limitations

Chapter2 Literatures Review

2．1 Intergenerational Mobility Around the World

2．2 Covariates of Intergenerational Mobility (Inequality)

2．3 Economic and social effects of mineral development

2．4 Comments about the Previous Studies

Chapter3 Overview of the Ghanaian Educational System，Oil Discovery and their Determinants

3．1 Background History of Ghana’s Education System

3．2 Reforms in Ghana’s Education System

3．3 The 1987-2007 Education Reforms

3．4 Structure of the Current Education System

3．5 The Future

Chapter 4 Theoretical Underpinning and Hypothesis Testing

4．1 The Human Capital Theory

4．2 The Great Gatsby Curve

4．3 The Resource Curse Theory

4．4 Hypothesis Testing

Chapter 5 Empirical Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility Determinants

5．1 Variable description and data source

5．2 Econometric model construction

5．3 Descriptive Statistics

5．4 Pairwise Correlation Matrix

5．5 Baseline Estimates at the National Level (Multivariate Regression)

5．6 Regional Comparison (Regional Level IGM Estimates)

5．7 Covariates of Intergenerational Mobility

5．8 Intergenerational Mobility and The Dependence on Foreign Trade

Chapter 6 Robustness Checks and Channel Analysis

6．1 Robustness Checks (Inclusion of Central Region)

Robustness Check (Inclusion of Central and other Regions)

Channel of The Effect ofNatural Resource Development on IGM

Channel of the Effect of Inequality on IGM

Mechanisms of the Effect of Inequality on IGM Heterogeneity

Chapter 7 Findings and Policy Implication

7．1 Findings

7．2 Policy Implications

References

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