Returns to Schooling, Ability and Cognitive Skills in Pakistan

Autor/inn/en	Aslam, Monazza; Bari, Faisal; Kingdon, Geeta
Titel	Returns to Schooling, Ability and Cognitive Skills in Pakistan
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 20 (2012) 2, S.139-173 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2010.488470
Schlagwörter	Productivity; Credentials; Human Capital; Outcomes of Education; Foreign Countries; Salary Wage Differentials; Education Work Relationship; Educational Attainment; Thinking Skills; Cognitive Ability; Gender Differences; Measures (Individuals); Measurement Techniques; Robustness (Statistics); Occupational Surveys; Occupational Information; Job Analysis; Employment Qualifications; Community Surveys; Educational Benefits; Economic Impact; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Produktivität; Studienbuch; Humankapital; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Denkfähigkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Messdaten; Messtechnik; Widerstandsfähigkeit; Berufsanalyse; Berufsinformation; Arbeitsanalyse; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Bildungsertrag; Ökonomische Determinanten
Abstract	This study investigates the economic outcomes of education for wage earners in Pakistan. This is done by analysing the relationship between schooling, cognitive skills and ability, on the one hand, and economic activity, occupation, sectoral choice and earnings, on the other. In Pakistan, an important question remains largely unaddressed: what does the coefficient on "schooling" in conventional earning function estimates measure? Whereas human capital theory holds that the economic return to an extra year of schooling measures productivity gains acquired through additional schooling, the credentialist view argues that it represents a return to acquired qualifications and credentials, and a third view, the signalling hypothesis, suggests that it captures a return to native ability. This paper seeks to adjudicate between these theories using data from a unique purpose-designed survey of more than 1000 households in Pakistan, collected in 2007. The paper also examines the shape of the education-earnings relationship in Pakistan as a way of testing the poverty-reducing potential of education in Pakistan. (Contains 15 notes, 4 figures and 13 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10