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Original Articles

Off‐farm wage returns to education: Evidence from Lesotho

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Pages 839-849 | Received 01 Jul 1994, Accepted 01 Jan 1995, Published online: 27 Feb 2008
 

Abstract

This article presents estimates of off‐farm wage returns to education in rural areas of Lesotho. Results from a sample survey conducted in the northern Lowlands and Foothills of Lesotho indicate that returns to education are relatively higher for people wage‐employed in Lesotho than those wage‐employed as migrants in South Africa. For people working within Lesotho, education appears to have a significant and positive effect on off‐farm wages. Most people working within Lesotho are employed as teachers, nurses and civil servants and these job categories require an educated labour force. For people wage‐employed in South Africa, education appears not to have a significant effect on off‐farm wages. Most men working in South Africa are employed as labourers in mines while women working in South Africa are employed as domestic servants.

Notes

Graduate student and Professor of Agricultural Economics, respectively, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Financial assistance from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst and the National University of Lesotho is gratefully acknowledged. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors or the Unversity of Natal. Comments by anonymous reviewers are gratefully acknowledged.

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