Economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private return to schooling in Indonesia using sample data from Indonesian Family Life Survey 4 (IFLS 4). The augmented Mincerian model is utilised to quantify the private return to schooling. The main result obtained...

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Main Authors: Purnastuti, Losina, Miller, Paul, Salim, Ruhul
Format: Journal Article
Published: Ternopil National Economic University 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27283
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author Purnastuti, Losina
Miller, Paul
Salim, Ruhul
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description The purpose of this study is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private return to schooling in Indonesia using sample data from Indonesian Family Life Survey 4 (IFLS 4). The augmented Mincerian model is utilised to quantify the private return to schooling. The main result obtained indicates that the return to schooling in Indonesia is relatively low compare to other Asian and Less Developed Countries. It is also found that return to schooling for females are significantly different from those of males.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-272832017-01-30T12:58:06Z Economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for Indonesia Purnastuti, Losina Miller, Paul Salim, Ruhul returns to schooling experience Earnings The purpose of this study is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private return to schooling in Indonesia using sample data from Indonesian Family Life Survey 4 (IFLS 4). The augmented Mincerian model is utilised to quantify the private return to schooling. The main result obtained indicates that the return to schooling in Indonesia is relatively low compare to other Asian and Less Developed Countries. It is also found that return to schooling for females are significantly different from those of males. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27283 Ternopil National Economic University fulltext
spellingShingle returns to schooling
experience
Earnings
Purnastuti, Losina
Miller, Paul
Salim, Ruhul
Economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for Indonesia
title Economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for Indonesia
title_full Economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for Indonesia
title_fullStr Economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for Indonesia
title_short Economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for Indonesia
title_sort economic returns to schooling in a less developed country: evidence for indonesia
topic returns to schooling
experience
Earnings
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27283