Science education and labor market outcomes in a developing economy.
We examine the association between studying science in higher secondary school and labor market earnings in India. Studying science in high school is associated with 22% greater earnings than studying business or humanities. Earnings for science students are further enhanced with some fluency in Eng...
| Publicado en: | Economic Inquiry Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 741 - 764 |
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