In this paper, we make an attempt to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India are responsible … level data of India for the year 2011–12 is used to examine the relationship between educational attainment and labour … market participation through gender lens. Results show that women's education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work …

This paper examines the gender differential in the payoff to schooling in China. The analyses are conducted separately … females in rural China. These findings are interpreted using the explanations offered for the gender differential in the …

-- human capital ; returns to education ; gender inequality …