کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
354596 1434826 2013 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Disability and returns to education in a developing country
کلمات کلیدی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Disability and returns to education in a developing country
چکیده انگلیسی


• We estimate returns to education for persons with disabilities in Nepal.
• We use unique data from persons with disabilities and national survey data.
• The estimated rate of returns is very high, ranging from 19.3 to 25.6%.
• The results suggest that supply side constraints and credit market imperfections.

In this paper, we estimate wage returns to investment in education for persons with disabilities in Nepal, using information on the timing of being impaired during school-age years as identifying instrumental variables for years of schooling. We employ unique data collected from persons with hearing, physical, and visual impairments as well as nationally representative survey data from the Nepal Living Standard Survey 2003/2004 (NLSS II). After controlling for endogeneity bias arising from schooling decisions as well as sample selection bias due to endogenous labor participation, the estimated rate of returns to education is very high among persons with disabilities, ranging from 19.3 to 25.6%. The coexistence of these high returns to education and limited years of schooling suggest that supply side constraints in education to accommodate persons with disabilities and/or there are credit market imperfections. Policies to eliminate these barriers will mitigate poverty among persons with disabilities, the largest minority group in the world.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Economics of Education Review - Volume 37, December 2013, Pages 85–94
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