Determinants of Household Education Expenditure in Uganda: Do the Poor Spend More on Education than the Rich?

Authors

  • Winnie Nabiddo NATIONAL PLANNING AUTHORITY
  • Bruno L. Yawe
  • Francis Wasswa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56279/ter.v13i1.104

Keywords:

Household education expenditure, households, Engel curve, Tobit estimation models, Uganda

Abstract

This study estimates the Tobit and IV Tobit models using data from the Uganda
National Household Survey (UNHS) 2019/20 to analyse factors that influence
household education spending, and examine the impact of different income groups on
education spending in Uganda. The findings show a positive relationship between
household income on the one hand; and the level of education of the head of household,
household size, urban residence, female-headed household and education spending on
the other. Furthermore, higher-income households are found to have a high-income
elasticity of demand than low-income households. An increase in total household income
for high-income quintile households is found to increase educational expenditures by a
percentage point than for low-income quintile households. Due to this disparity, the
government is advised to revise its cost-sharing approach to public education spending,
which needs to be supplemented by household education spending.
JEL Classification: D1, I21, I22, I24, C24, R20

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Published

2023-08-07

How to Cite

Nabiddo, W., Yawe, B., & Wasswa, F. (2023). Determinants of Household Education Expenditure in Uganda: Do the Poor Spend More on Education than the Rich?. Tanzanian Economic Review, 13(1), 183–199. https://doi.org/10.56279/ter.v13i1.104

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023): Tanzanian Economic Review

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