This paper explores the association between studying science at the higher secondary stage and labor market earnings … using nationally representative data on high school subject choices and adult outcomes for urban males in India. Results … show that those who studied science in high school have 22% greater earnings than those who studied business and humanities …

This paper explores the association between studying science at the higher secondary stage and labor market earnings … using nationally representative data on high school subject choices and adult outcomes for urban males in India. Results … show that those who studied science in high school have 22% greater earnings than those who studied business and humanities …

. However, such concern has been largely missing as far as the future workforce is concerned. This paper discusses India … preprimary education. In conclusion, India will have to focus, inter alia, on early health and preschooling (soft skill …

to the mean estimates, enabling the assessment of heterogeneity in expected earnings for different social groups in India …

science in high school in India, contrary to conventional wisdom, is not a plain tale of'science premium' …Despite widespread belief that majoring in science in high school has a greater payoff in the Indian labor market than … the causal effect of majoring in science on individuals' labor market outcomes relative to majoring in business …

cognitive outcomes in India, suggesting that private school may play at least as significant a role in early psychosocial as in …

The persistent gap in economic outcomes between the upper and lower caste groups in India is typically explained …