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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| 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 |