The Impact of Education on Household Decision Making Among Women in Sierra Leone

• In Event: 28.090 - MTCC Roundtable Session Nine
  In Roundtable Session: 28.090-6 - International Perspectives on Education Policy

Abstract

We analyze the effect of education on the extent of household decision making among women in Sierra Leone. More specifically, we use a set of household decision-making variables from the Sierra Leone Demographic Health Survey to identify whether more years of schooling, triggered by a compulsory and free primary education policy, led to a larger say in household decisions being made by women. After controlling for endogeneity of education, we find that more educated women are more likely to make household decisions jointly with men.

Authors

• Monica Galloway Burke, Western Kentucky University

• Colin Cannonier, Belmont University