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The returns to English-language skills in India
Azam, Mehtabul; Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - 2010
India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has …-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is unknown due to lack of a microdata set containing measures of both … earnings and English ability. In this paper, we use a newly available data set - the India Human Development Survey, 2005 - to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269426
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Labor market effects of high school science majors in a high STEM economy
Jain, Tarun; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2018
using nationally representative data on high school subject choices and adult outcomes for urban males in India. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947723
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Labor market effects of high school science majors in a high STEM economy
Jain, Tarun; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2018
using nationally representative data on high school subject choices and adult outcomes for urban males in India. Results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011937766
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The returns to English-language skills in India
Azam, Mehtabul; Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - 2010
India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has …-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is unknown due to lack of a microdata set containing measures of both … earnings and English ability. In this paper, we use a newly available data set – the India Human Development Survey, 2005 – to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941987
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Do employment quotas explain the occupational choices of disadvantaged minorities in India?
Howard, Larry L.; Prakash, Nishith - 2011
minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the … quota ; occupational choice ; skill ; caste ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312197
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Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Howard, Larry L. - 2011
minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121736
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Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Prakash, Nishith - 2011
minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124012
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The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2010
India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has …-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is unknown due to lack of a microdata set containing measures of both … earnings and English ability. In this paper, we use a newly available data set - the India Human Development Survey, 2005 - to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146842
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Does Employment Quota Explain Occupational Choice Among Disadvantaged Groups? A Natural Experiment from India
Prakash, Nishith; Howard, Larry - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper examines the effect of a federally-mandated public sector employment quota policy for minorities on their occupational choice. We utilize multiple logit models to estimate the effect of the policy on the choice between a high, middle, or low-skill public sector occupation during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837133
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The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
Azam, Mehtabul; Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has …-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is unknown due to lack of a microdata set containing measures of both … earnings and English ability. In this paper, we use a newly available data set - the India Human Development Survey, 2005 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317994