P. Duraisamy
Changes in returns to education in India, 1983–94: by gender, age-cohort and location
University of Madras
hardly estimate monetary returns schooling labor market india based national level representative data recent period paper provides estimates returns education wage employment india gender age cohort location ruralurban recent period 19934 also evaluates changes returns period time 198394 using data large national level household survey estimates show returns education increase secondary level decline thereafter evidence substantial gender ruralurban differences returns schooling investment womens education particularly middle lower secondary higher secondary levels profitable men 1983 also 19934 returns womens primary middle levels education declined secondary college levels increased decade 198394