"Because at school, you can become somebody" - The perceived health and economic returns on secondary schooling in rural Burkina Faso.
Luisa K WernerJan JabbarianMoubassira KagonéShannon McMahonJulia LempAurélia SouaresGünther FinkJan Walter De NevePublished in: PloS one (2019)
While respondents reported nearly universally short-term health benefits to schooling, responses with regard to economic as well as indirect and long-term health benefits were more ambiguous. Future intervention studies on the perceived returns on formal education are needed to inform policy and reach education and health targets in the region.