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On Sheepskin Effects Of Higher Ducation In Developing Countries

Posted on:2021-04-18Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:Aftab Ahmed MemonFull Text:PDF
GTID:1487306608953849Subject:Educational Economy and Management
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Comprehensively the education is considered as a backbone of nations' economic development that is why education has got priority in the developed countries.However,Pakistan is one of the Asian developing countries,facing several problems among them the education is key access problem.Pakistan's education system is regularly cited as one of the most serious impediments preventing the country from achieving its potential objectives.Lack of investment in human capital may result in blew-down capability,mobility,turndown self-confidence and productive approach.In addition,the reduction of such investment causes more problems for the economic development,in terms of private returns and socioeconomic aspects.The economists have assessed educational impact on growth but they have ignored the explanation of sheepskin effects,and argue only its fundamental determinant of higher premiums.Sociologists have been tended to endorse this view arguing by either invoking human capital,ability,technological updated awareness from a modernized perspective,that education increases premium and capital value with only signaling device scholar called it"sheepskin effects".Moreover,some scholars are staying on one page with supporting idea that education and job history may support the individuals to bring higher wage.According to the human capital theory,education or training increases the productivity of workers by imparting useful knowledge and skills,thereby raising workers' future income by increasing their lifetime earnings.Yet,there are plausible questions arise that how much magnitude of education or work history needed for the enhancement of wage discrimination?What about the outcomes from rehashing years of schooling?This research set out to investigate the arbitrary role of future wage discrimination in terms of accumulated sheepskins at the advanced level,rehashing years of schooling and supply/demand factor in both public and private transitive market.Moreover,the research primarily aimed at offering an insight on the educational dimensions or transitive labor market's career is an important factor for aspired wage discrimination.We had considered a specific type of educational breadth with named sheepskins and its consequences for the future returns.We had estimated the enrollment ratio in all levels of schooling from the initial level to post-graduation level including vocational education.The study presents rich data based on the immersion of the researcher in the future returns for workforce on the basis of their accumulated education,human capital,cognitive skills and ability.The specific objectives of this study:(a)To assess the wage discrimination in transitional public and private labor markets and its marginal disparities from primary to higher level(baccalaureate diploma).(b)To emphasize the wage discrimination differences in terms of supply/demand factor and regional disparity in both public and private transitive markets.(c)To assess the variation in wage discrimination in terms of accumulated baccalaureate diploma and practical utility of skills within the context of a transitive labor market.We have used number of methods by employing administrative Household Integrated Economic Survey(HIES)data of Pakistan without ignoring environmental effects.Our estimated results are supporting the conventional assumptions of linearity of log-wage.First,we found substantial returns for post-graduate diploma holders in both public and private sectors,even after controlling the individual's heterogeneity.Second,we did notice a significant divergence in return to low-level education(LLE)and job history.Third,rehashing years of diploma may create suspiciousness on the lack of competence.Our results suggest that continuously investment on human capital toward post-graduate diploma may tend higher premiums.The results show educational effects are weak except sheepskins(baccalaureate diploma).However,sheepskin(baccalaureate diploma)is a tool for entering in the labor market to let it know the potentiality of employee which he/she earned from schooling.As our estimated results showed that most higher premiums belong to post-graduate diploma holders.Regarding supply/demand factor,we have analyzed that markets are giving priorities those individuals who have obtained more years of schooling.It does not mean rehashing years of schooling;it means who accumulated education with systematic fixed years of education.Otherwise,it may be observed due to lack of catching power individuals have obtained rehashing years of schooling.Even we have observed,those individuals who have obtained primary education with more experiencing in the labor market,they were also unable to earn more because of their low-wage related occupations.Indeed,I design a quasirational process through which higher premium related with higher education,and then I analyze that how our hypothesis interacts with the efficacy of different monetary policy regimes and reforms.The contributing parts of our study,the innovation of research came up with following ideas that can be revolutionize earnings,fulfill the criteria of supply/demand factor in both public and private markets with a need of qualities such as human capital,cognitive skills with a sheepskin for the entry in labor markets.Its primarily employed on the basis of human capital theory to recognize the productive ability of schooling with respect all levels of education for the enhancement of outcomes such as,acquisition of facilities,development of the infrastructure,updated market system,human capital development.These all are aligned to compliment and support the retention and enhance enrollment in the low school level to university levels.? Our study provides insight on the poverty and devalued the literacy rate with the relationship of rising mobility for future higher earnings discrimination among individuals.The estimated results report that only one year of investment on schooling may returns 2.5%,but at the same time we did find significantly negative rate of returns for low-education.Moreover,we did find that 55.7%of wages were enjoying by higher educated(postgraduate)diploma holders in both public and private markets.Our results reveal significant differences in the context of low-education and higher education(supply/demand)in both public and private markets' one-shot and continual affiliation.We conclude the impact of sheepskin effects and the implication of our findings.? Our study has used HIES secondary data for the comprehensive analysis.Multiple methods were employed on the dependent variable,such as standardized regression coefficient model,which is already used in previous studies but they all have ignored the regional effects,such as every region have different effects on earnings,so we added more methods by using mincer log model.? We have applied hausman test on fixed effects model and random effects model to understand the impact of wages in 31 cantons.The estimated results were knocking with common pattern everywhere,but somehow private markets were making little differences in fluctuate format.However,we conclude that only the level of education makes differences in the wage discrimination.So our empirical consequences can help the policy makers to implement long-term strategic planning for the investment on human capital because education is aligned with development of country.The current study makes many outstanding influences to the existing literature,especially by retaining multiple models to examine the hypothesis.Based on the criticism of sheepskin effects and investment on human capital,the study found very little ongoing investment in higher education,which is not enough for the current updated technology and competitive environment.In addition,the current study implicates potential policy for thinktankers which is most important for any educational system in the world and other researchers can test the new hypothesis based on the current study's findings and its grounded potential policy management in literature,as accumulation of education and its utility of practical skills in the transitive labor market.Moreover,the study has equally provided some level of empirical validity for its theoretical model on the significant rate of returns on sheepskin(baccalaureate diploma).The employed methodological contribution will also help the think-tanker for effective policy in future.It will also helpful for the improvement of higher educational system with key elements to enhance the enrolment ratio of schooling and fulfill the supply/demand factor among the public and private markets.
Keywords/Search Tags:Cognitive skills, Higher education, Human Capital, Sheepskin effects, Wage discriminations, Transitive markets
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