The Value of Education and Job Training in the Developing World: New Evidence from Migrant Workers in China
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DownloadMessinis, George and Cheng, Enjiang (2007) The Value of Education and Job Training in the Developing World: New Evidence from Migrant Workers in China. Working Paper. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract
This paper utilises a new survey to evaluate the impact of education and on-the-job training on earnings by migrant workers in China. It accounts for job-skill mismatch and selection bias in training, and examines the sources of a gender gap. The evidence is as follows: the return to required education is 9.5% while that of job training is three times as high; the effect of migrant work experience is considerable; women earn more than men due to endowment effects. This evidence calls for new policy initiatives in China to raise the skills of migrant workers and abolish discrimination against them.
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| Item type | Monograph (Working Paper) |
| URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/15907 |
| DOI | No. 36 |
| Subjects | Historical > FOR Classification > 1402 Applied Economics Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) |
| Keywords | earnings, education, mismatch, training, overeducation, undereducation, China |
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