Educational, Economic Welfare and Subjective Well-Being in Afghanistan

Education is universally recognized as one of the key determinants of socio-economic security and welfare. The link between education and increased individual earnings has been widely documented: there is a large body of cross-country evidence that education enhances the employability, productivity and income earning capacity of individuals. The impact of educational attainment on these various socio-economic indicators has been shown to vary by region, sub-region, gender, age, by income levels, and other variables. In this paper, we focus on the socio-economic impact of educational attainment in Afghanistan. Afghanistan presents a fairly unique context for examining the association between education and the socio-economic variable discussed above. It is a conflict-affected country, with strong and rich cultural and religious traditions. It also has some of the worst developmental indicators and in the world. Using data from the National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) survey of 2007/08, authors investigate the extent to which the educational attainment of men and women is associated with greater economic welfare and less likelihood of being poor. The analysis is divided into four parts: part one looks education and other factors associated with household economic welfare and the probability of being poor; part two focuses on the education and other factors associated with women's participation in the labor force; part three looks at the association of mother's education with health-related outcomes of children; and part four looks at the association between educational attainment of girls and women, and their perceptions of well-being. Afghanistan's education indicators are among the worst in the world and girls and rural communities are particularly disadvantaged.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Auturupane, Harsha, Gunatilake, Ramani, Shojo, Mari, Ebenezer, Roshini
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-07
Subjects:	BABIES, BASIC NEEDS, BIRTH ORDER, BOTH SEXES, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILD-BEARING, COGNITIVE SKILLS, CONFLICT, CORRELATES OF POVERTY, DEPENDENCY RATIO, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIPHTHERIA, DISABILITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC PROGRESS, EDUCATED MOTHERS, EDUCATED WOMEN, EDUCATION VARIABLES, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ENROLLMENT, ESTIMATES OF POVERTY, EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, FAMILY MEMBERS, FEMALE, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FEMALES, FERTILITY, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DISPARITY, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER INEQUALITY, GER, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH WORKERS, HOSPITAL, HOUSEHOLD CHORES, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMMUNIZATION, IMPACT OF EDUCATION, INCOME EARNING CAPACITY, INCOME TRANSFERS, INFANT, JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, MARITAL STATUS, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MEDICINES, MIDWIFE, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MOTHER, NET ENROLMENT RATIO, NURSE, NUTRITION, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OCCUPATIONS, OLDER WOMEN, PARTICIPATION RATES, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PERSONALITY, POLICY GOALS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLIO, POLIO VACCINE, POOR, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY STATUS, POVERTY THRESHOLD, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PSYCHOLOGY, QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH, RESPECT, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, ROLE OF WOMEN, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL GIRLS, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL SECTOR, RURAL WOMEN, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOLING, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SEX, SOCIAL PROGRESS, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SPOUSE, TETANUS, TUBERCULOSIS, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN WOMEN, VACCINATION, VULNERABILITY, WAR, WHOOPING COUGH, WOMAN, YOUTH, YOUTH LITERACY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18090614/educational-economic-welfare-subjective-well-being-afghanistan https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16284
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