Kevin Sylwester
Biographic Data
| ID | 267116 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin Sylwester |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin |
| FAMILY NAME | Sylwester |
| SIGNATURE | SYLWESTER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4061-6059 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Free Senior High School Policy, Household Income, and Secondary School Enrollment in Ghana
Many children in poor countries forgo continued education due to both the direct costs of attending school (such as tuition) as well as the indirect opportunity costs. Children in households with greater income should not be as constrained and so are more likely to enrol. This paper exploits a natural experiment from Ghana in 2017 that eliminated the direct costs for secondary school but not the opportunity costs. To what extent did the associati…
How conflict affects education
On the duration of empires
The business cycle and mortality
Does Law and Order Attenuate the Benefits of Democracy on Economic Growth
Recent studies have reported positive associations between democracy and economic growth. They have also explored how associations could differ across regions or income levels. However, might the effects of democracy on growth also depend on factors such as institutions promoting law and order? Using a panel specification, we employ a democracy–law and order interactive term to examine if the effects of democracy on economic growth depend on thes…
Corruption and Market Competition
Democracy and Female Labor Force Participation
Income inequality, education expenditures, and growth
Income inequality, education expenditures, and growth
Democracy and Female Labor Force Participation
Corruption and Market Competition
Does Law and Order Attenuate the Benefits of Democracy on Economic Growth
Recent studies have reported positive associations between democracy and economic growth. They have also explored how associations could differ across regions or income levels. However, might the effects of democracy on growth also depend on factors such as institutions promoting law and order? Using a panel specification, we employ a democracy–law and order interactive term to examine if the effects of democracy on economic growth depend on thes…
The business cycle and mortality
On the duration of empires
How conflict affects education
Free Senior High School Policy, Household Income, and Secondary School Enrollment in Ghana
Many children in poor countries forgo continued education due to both the direct costs of attending school (such as tuition) as well as the indirect opportunity costs. Children in households with greater income should not be as constrained and so are more likely to enrol. This paper exploits a natural experiment from Ghana in 2017 that eliminated the direct costs for secondary school but not the opportunity costs. To what extent did the associati…
Economics (7 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (2 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works)