Economic Returns to Schooling in a Less Developed Country: Evidence for Indonesia

Type Conference Paper - International Conference On Applied Economics-ICOAE
Title Economic Returns to Schooling in a Less Developed Country: Evidence for Indonesia
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2011
URL http://kastoria.teikoz.gr/icoae2/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/053.pdf
Abstract
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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