| dc.contributor.author | Jain, Tarun | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop | |
| dc.contributor.author | Prakash, Nishith | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rakesh, Raghav | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-21T09:40:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-10-21T09:40:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-10-16 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Jain, T., Mukhopadhyay, A., Prakash, N., & Rakesh, R. Science education and labor market outcomes in a developing economy. Economic Inquiry. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13044 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11718/24421 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We 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 others | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | International Growth Centre Bihar and the Planning and Policy Research Unit | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Economic Inquiry | en_US |
| dc.subject | High-school majors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Labor markets | en_US |
| dc.subject | STEM | en_US |
| dc.title | Science education and labor market outcomes in a developing economy | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
