Female Education and Economic Growth: Evidence From Kenya

Abstract

Education has long been considered to be a significant contributor to economic growth. Kenya's Vision 2030 envisages social transformation through education and training. The Government of Kenya has consistently allocated huge funds towards education, the latest being the 2020/2021 budget which got the lion's share in the budget. Kenya has narrowed the gender gap in primary and secondary education. However, it is wide in tertiary education. This paper explores the real gdp growth effects of female and male education in Kenya. Empirical findings in existing literature on the subject are inconclusive.Time series data from 1977-2021 and appropriate econometric techniques for timeseries will be used to estimate the augmented Solow Model to include diverse variables for female and male education. The results indicated a positive relationship between growth and female completion rates