In this paper we focus on education as a private decision to invest in ‘human capital’ and the estimation of the rate … regression methods where the estimated return is obtained as the coefficient ona years of education variable in a log wage … effect on the earnings of an individual from participation in education. Moreover, the size of the effect seems large …

This paper reassesses the debate over the role of education in farm production in Bangladesh using a large dataset on … ascertain the effect of education on productivity and efficiency. A full set of proxies for farm education stock variables are … incorporated to investigate the ‘internal’ as well as ‘external’ returns to education. The external effect is investigated in the …

This paper reassesses the debate over the role of education in farm pro duction in Bangladesh using a large dataset on … ascertain the effect of education on productivity and efficiency. A full set of proxies for farm education stock variables are … incorporated to investigate the ‘internal’ as well as ‘external’ returns to education. The external effect is investigated in the …

This paper examines the changes in relative earnings of workers with different education levels during Vietnam …’s transition. It is found that females enjoy a higher return to education than males do in 1998, reversing the situation observed … of better-educated females in the private sector where education is valued higher could be responsible for what have …

business incomes by 3.9 percent on average. Also, education enhances entrepreneurs' performance both directly - with a rate of ….18 percentage points. The indirect effect of education on entrepreneurs' performance is estimated to be between 3.0 and 4.6 percent. …