Using a national level sample survey on labour market in India, we analyze the role of education-occupation (mis …-)match (EOM) in explaining within-group dispersion in returns to education. Applying a double sample selection bias correction and … adequately educated counterparts. Second, the inclusion of match status reduces within-education group dispersion in returns. The …

invest in their children’s education. In this paper, I describe a study undertaken to gauge the impact of microcredit … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some … determinants of the demand for education and then go on to consider what we know about how microcredit affects this demand. I find …