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Ghana Armed Forces In Lebanon And Liberia Peace Operations, Emmanuel Kotia
Ghana Armed Forces In Lebanon And Liberia Peace Operations, Emmanuel Kotia
Emmanuel Wekem Kotia
Africa Nations have contributed to peace operations in conflict zones across the world since the deployment of the United Nations Operations in the Congo in 1960. This has placed Africa as a major stakeholder in the maintenance of peace and security. For over fifty years Ghana has earned the international reputation as one of the largest and consistent Troop Contributing Country in United Nations mandated peace operations. While Ghana has long been an active contributor to peace operations, there are few or no comparative studies that systematically analyze the actual roles played by troops in many of the different conflict …
Does Education Signal Ability In Ghana? An Analysis Comparing Wage Earners With The Self-Employed, Sara Gundersen
Does Education Signal Ability In Ghana? An Analysis Comparing Wage Earners With The Self-Employed, Sara Gundersen
Sara Gundersen
When education signals underlying abilities, income returns to education may not reflect true increases in productivity. This may be a particular concern in developing countries, where education is often prescribed as a major path to escaping poverty. Unfortunately, because education signaling occurs when underlying worker characteristics are difficult to observe, obtaining estimates of education signaling is extremely difficult. This paper uses Spence’s 2002 model of signaling to develop a testable hypothesis: in the presence of education signaling, wage earners will see a higher return to education than the self-employed doing similar work. Using the 2005-2006 round of the Ghana Living …