1. Science education and labor market outcomes in a developing economy.
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Jain, Tarun, Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop, Prakash, Nishith, and Rakesh, Raghav
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LABOR market , *SCIENCE education , *EDUCATION marketing , *MARKETING education , *HIGH school students , *LANGUAGE acquisition , *PSYCHOLINGUISTICS - Abstract
We examine the association between studying science in higher secondary school and labor market earnings in India. Studying science in high school is associated with 22% greater earnings than studying business or humanities. Earnings for science students are further enhanced with some fluency in English. Science education is also associated with more years of education, completing a professional degree, returns to entrepreneurship and working in public sector positions. Primary survey of high school students shows no discernible differences in behavioral characteristics of science students compared to others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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