Changes in Returns to Education in India, 1983-94: By Gender, Age-Cohort and Location. Center Discussion Paper.

Autor/in	Duraisamy, P.
Institution	Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Economic Growth Center.
Titel	Changes in Returns to Education in India, 1983-94: By Gender, Age-Cohort and Location. Center Discussion Paper.
Quelle	(2000), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Age; Developing Nations; Educational Benefits; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrollment; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Labor Market; Rural Urban Differences; Sex; Wages; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Einschulung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Wage; Löhne; Indien
Abstract	There is hardly any estimate of returns to schooling in India based on national level representative data for the recent period. This paper provides estimates of the economic returns to education in India by gender, age cohort, and location (by rural-urban) for the most recent period 1993-94, and also evaluates the changes in returns over a period of time from 1983-94 using national level representative household survey data. These are the only national surveys in India that provide information on the wages and some of the labor market characteristics of individuals. The data show that the returns to education increases up to the secondary level and declines thereafter. There is evidence of substantial gender and rural-urban differences in the returns to schooling. The returns to women's education for the primary and middle levels have declined while those for secondary and college levels have increased during 1983-94. Also discussed briefly are the structure of education and the labor market in India. Includes 6 notes. (Contains 21 references and 13 tables.) (BT)
Anmerkungen	Economic Growth Center, Yale University, P.O. Box 208269, New Haven, CT 06520-8269. Tel: 203-432-3576; Fax: 203-432-3898. For full text: http://www.econ.yale.edu/growth_pdf/cdp815.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC