WAGE RETURNS TO EDUCATION BY GENDER: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BY EDUCATIONAL LEVEL IN SENEGAL

Résumé

The purpose of this paper is to assess the return to education of different levels by gender in Senegal. In order to correct the potential existence of selection bias, Heckman's two-step approach will be used. Data from the 2015 ENES are used for econometric estimation. The first stage of Heckman shows that education levels play a key role in gender-specific labour market participation. For the second stage of Heckman, the results show that the return of education is higher at the higher level. This paper shows that when selection bias is corrected, the return of the higher level exceeds 20% for both men and women. The policy recommendation from this paper are the need to keep girls up to the university level and initiatives to fight against stereotypes about people with disabilities.