by Leung Kwok-ying. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-89). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.1 / Acknowledgments --- p.5 / Content --- p.6 / List of Tables --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Education as an investment --- p.10 / Chapter 1.2 --- Economic growth of Hong Kong --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3 --- Education expansion of Hong Kong --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4 --- Researchroblems of this study --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Research Methodology / Chapter 3.1 --- Cost and benefit --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2 --- Mincer's schooling model --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3 --- Analysis framework of this study --- p.39 / Chapter 3.4 --- Data set --- p.44 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Results and Interpretations / Chapter 4.1 --- Rates of return over time --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2 --- Effect of field of education --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3 --- Effect of field of Work --- p.56 / Chapter 4.4 --- Effect of matched/mismatched employment --- p.59 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Effect of matched education for different work field --- p.63 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Effect of matched work field for different education field --- p.65 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Relative effect of education field and work field --- p.71 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary of findings --- p.73 / Chapter 5.2 --- Limitations of this study --- p.75 / Chapter 5.3 --- Further discussion --- p.76 / Chapter 5.4 --- Suggestion on further investigation --- p.79 / References --- p.81 / Appendix / Chapter 1 --- Average annual growth rate of Hong Kong in 1967-1991 --- p.90 / Chapter 2 --- Summarized rates of return bysacharopoulos --- p.91 / Chapter 3 --- Comparable over time returns to investment in education in selected countries --- p.92 / Chapter 4 --- Mincer rates of return in Republic of Korea --- p.93 / Chapter 5 --- Selection of the overtaking cohort --- p.94 / Chapter 6 --- "Number of university graduates in 1976，1981, 1986 and 1991" --- p.95 / Chapter 7 --- "Average monthly salary of university graduates in 1976,1981, 1986 and 1991." --- p.98 / Chapter 8 --- Summary of variables in this study --- p.99 / Chapter 9 --- Data treatments of this study --- p.101

Li Yan. / Thesis submitted in: September 1998. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-48). / Abstract also in Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / Chapter / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Different Approach to Estimate the Rate of Return to Education --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Age-Cohort Analysis --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Gender Earning Gaps and Decomposition of Wage Differentials --- p.9 / Chapter III --- DATA DESCRIPTION --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data and Methodology --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2 --- Education Attainment of Males and Females of Different Cohort --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3 --- Monthly Earnings of Individual with Different Educational Level --- p.17 / Chapter IV --- REGRESSION ANALYSIS FOR THE RETURNS TO EDUCATION AND THE GENDER EARNING GAPS IN HONG KONG --- p.18 / Chapter 4.1 --- Determinants of Monthly Earnings and the Returns to Education --- p.18 / Chapter 4.2 --- Returns to Education with respect to Marrage and Age Cohorts --- p.22 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition --- p.23 / Chapter V --- MULTINOMIAL LOGIT ANALYSIS FOR THE RETURNS TO EDUCATION AND THE GENDER EARNING GAPS IN HONG KONG --- p.28 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Occupational Distribution --- p.28 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Gender Earning Gap across Occupations --- p.31 / Chapter 5.3 --- Multinomial Logit Model and the Effect of Educational Attainment --- p.32 / Chapter 5.4 --- Prediction of a Nondiscriminatory Occupational Structure for Female --- p.35 / Chapter 5.5 --- Occupational Segregation and the Brown et al. Decomposition Method --- p.36 / Chapter VI --- POLICY IMPLICATIONS --- p.43 / Chapter VII --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS --- p.45 / REFERENCES --- p.47 / TABLES --- p.49