Science Education and Labor Market Outcomes in a Developing Economy

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Tarun Jain, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Abhiroop Mukhpadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi; Nishith Prakash, University of Connecticut, Storrs; Raghav Rakesh, Michigan State University, East Lansing

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Jain, Tarun, Mukhpadhyay, Abhiroop, Prakash, Nishith, and Rakesh, Raghav. Science Education and Labor Market Outcomes in a Developing Economy. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-11-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E154541V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary 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 English. Science education is also associated with more years of education, completing a professional degree, returns to entrepreneurship, and working in public sector positions. Primary survey of high school students shows no discernible differences in behavioral characteristics of science students compared to others.



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