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Title: Education and Earnings of Working Women
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Cho, Pill Jay |
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Education and Earnings of Working Women Presented: Atlanta, GA, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Rural Sociology Section, Meetings, 1983 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) Keyword(s): Earnings; Educational Attainment; Educational Returns; Human Capital Theory; Racial Differences; Rural Sociology; Schooling; Vocational Training The human capital theory predicts, among other things, that higher investments in human capital, especially education, yield higher returns in terms of earned income. Although this theory has been questioned, it has been a dominant perspective in studies of the relationship between education and earnings. The theory is tested here as it applies to women, using the Mature Women cohort of the NLS. Education was measured in terms of: (1) highest grade attended; (2) highest grade (number of years of formal schooling) completed; and (3) number of months of vocational training received. Two measures of earnings were used: average weekly earnings and natural logarithms of the same. Analyses show that there is little or no significant direct effect of education on earnings. Only a small amount of significant indirect effect was identified. These significant indirect effects are specified in a path model. Essentially the same findings were obtained even when the analyses were performed separately for whites and blacks. No significant direct effects of education on earnings were found. As for indirect effects, they were greater for blacks than for whites, perhaps due to the fact that many white women who have higher educational levels are married and stay home. Vocational training had little or no indirect effect. Formal school education may have wider general application and therefore increases the chances of paid employment. |
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Cho, Pill Jay. "Education and Earnings of Working Women." Presented: Atlanta, GA, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Rural Sociology Section, Meetings, 1983. |