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dc.contributor.authorJain, Tarun
dc.contributor.authorMukhopadhyay, Abhiroop
dc.contributor.authorPrakash, Nishith
dc.contributor.authorRakesh, Raghav
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-21T09:40:30Z
dc.date.available2021-10-21T09:40:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-16
dc.identifier.citationJain, T., Mukhopadhyay, A., Prakash, N., & Rakesh, R. Science education and labor market outcomes in a developing economy. Economic Inquiry.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13044
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/24421
dc.description.abstractWe examine the association between studying science in higher secondaryschool and labor market earnings in India. Studying science in high school isassociated with 22% greater earnings than studying business or humanities.Earnings for science students are further enhanced with some uency inEnglish. Science education is also associated with more years of education,completing a professional degree, returns to entrepreneurship and working inpublic sector positions. Primary survey of high school students shows nodiscernible differences in behavioral characteristics of science studentscompared to othersen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Growth Centre Bihar and the Planning and Policy Research Uniten_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEconomic Inquiryen_US
dc.subjectHigh-school majorsen_US
dc.subjectLabor marketsen_US
dc.subjectSTEMen_US
dc.titleScience education and labor market outcomes in a developing economyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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