Educational impact on sectoral value added: evidence from African countries

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Primary education positively affects sectoral value-added in agriculture and services, but with diminishing returns.
Secondary and tertiary education initially have negative impacts, becoming beneficial only at advanced levels.
Population growth, remittances, and access to credit significantly drive sectoral outputs in African countries.
The Generalized Method of Moments approach accounts for endogeneity and controls for country-specific effects.

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Study uncovers the influence of education on sectoral value-added in agriculture and services, suggesting policy changes.

Cheikh Tidiane Ndour (2025) studied this question.

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