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标题：Determinants of Demand for Primary Education in Nigeria
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作者：A, Okuneye Babatunde ; A, Obasan Kehinde
期刊名称：International Journal of Economics and Empirical Research (IJEER)
印刷版ISSN：2311-3871
电子版ISSN：2310-5232
出版年度：2014
卷号：2
期号：2
页码：44-51
出版社：The Economics and Social Development Organization (TESDO)
摘要：Over the years, enrolment rates of school-aged children have significantly been declining in spite of government efforts at stimulating school enrolment in Nigeria. It is equally discovered that while primary school enrolment is nominally increasing, in real terms, it is abysmally nose-diving. Therefore, this paper investigated the various factors which determine the demand of primary education in Nigeria between 1980 and 2010. The study utilized the ordinary least square method using the multiple regression models. The findings of the empirical investigation confirm that government expenditure on education, minimum wage rate as well as primary school student-teacher ratios are veritable tools through which appreciable primary school enrolment can be enhanced in Nigeria.The study equally observed that all the exogenous variables exhibit a strong predictive power in explaining variation in primary enrolment.The paper therefore recommends that there should be periodic review of minimum wages for employees across the various sectors of the economy anchored on an effective collaboration between the government and private sector.
关键词：Government expenditures on education; Nigeria