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Primary schooling and economic development: A review of the evidence.

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BookSeries: working papers series; no. 399. Publisher: Washington : World Bank, 1980Subject(s): Primary Education | Educational development -- Economics of education//Economic development/. -- Educational development -- Economics of education//Economic developmentSummary: This paper shows that primary schooling increases productivity in sectors of the economy and that the economic returns to investment in primary education are in many countries considerably greater than those arising from other levels of schooling.

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This paper shows that primary schooling increases productivity in sectors of the economy and that the economic returns to investment in primary education are in many countries considerably greater than those arising from other levels of schooling.

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Primary schooling and economic development: A review of the evidence.