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Title Marriage as a mechanism: women's education and wealth in Malawi
Full text http://ahero.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=cshe&action=viewtitle&id=cshe_904
Date 2012
Author(s) Spell, S; ANglewicz, P; Kohler, Hans-Peter
Abstract Research has found that in the United States women have greater economic returns to a college degree than men, because of more stable marriages and other family income. Using cross-sectional data of women aged 19-40 years in Malawi from the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (n = 898), we test whether higher education is associated with these same benefits in a context with lower educational attainment levels, fewer job opportunities, and different marriage patterns. We find that better educated women are more likely to have better educated spouses and higher household wealth. Though divorce is negatively associated with wealth, we do not find an association between education and divorce. This analysis provides motivation for further research on the how education is associated with outcomes for women in developing countries.
Subject(s) Women in Higher Education, Women, Welfare, Economic Development, Educational Development, Educational Outcomes
Coverage Research
Language English
Type of publication Paper (Not Peer Reviewed)
Format Pdf
Repository Cape Town - AHERO, University of Western Cape
Added to C-A: 2013-12-20;14:17:40