Schooling and distribution of earnings in a rapidly developing LDC: the case study of Hong Kong.

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by Wong Wai-kin. / Added t.p. in Chinese. / Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references. / abstract --- p.i / acknowledgements --- p.iv / table op contents --- p.v / list op tables --- p.viii / list of illustrations --- p.xi / chapter / Chapter I. --- statement of the problem --- p.1 / Concern with Income Size Distribution --- p.1 / Income Size Distribution and Schooling --- p.4 / The Case of Hong Kong --- p.6 / The Problem of the Study --- p.8 / Chapter II. --- review op literature --- p.10 / Schooling As a Determinant of Income size Distribution: The Theories --- p.10 / Schooling As a Determinant of income size Distribution: The Evidence --- p.20 / Empirical Approaches in Several Previous Studies --- p.24 / Chapter III. --- the study --- p.44 / The Theoretical Framework --- p.44 / Schooling and Human Capital --- p.44 / Human Capital and Income size Distribution --- p.45 / Education Expansion and Cohort Differences in Schooling --- p.48 / The Hong Kong Context --- p.50 / The Research Hypotheses --- p.58 / Empirical Specification of the Model --- p.59 / The Earnings Inequality Function --- p.59 / The Variance Form of the Schooling Model --- p.66 / Data Source and Sample --- p.69 / Measurement of Variables --- p.70 / Chapter IV. --- schooling and the distribution op earnings in hong kong --- p.72 / The Aggregate Set --- p.72 / The Aggregate set Excluding Illiterates --- p.88 / The Overtaking Set --- p.93 / Observations on Age Groups --- p.102 / Chapter V. --- summary and conclusions --- p.107 / Summary and Conclusions --- p.107 / Significance and Comparison --- p.111 / Policy Implications --- p.112 / Limitations --- p.117 / references --- p.121 / appendices / Chapter A.I. --- DETERMINANTS OF INCOME SIZE DISTRIBUTION --- p.131 / Chapter A.II. --- ESTIMATION OF THE YEARS OF SCHOOLING --- p.132 / Chapter A.III. --- "MEANS, STANDARD DEVIATIONS, CORRELATIONS AND ADDITIONAL REGRESSION ESTIMATES" --- p.133

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Wages--Effect of education on

Education--Economic aspects

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318983
Date	January 1992
Contributors	Wong, Wai-kin, Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Education.
Publisher	Chinese University of Hong Kong
Source Sets	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Text, bibliography
Format	print, xi, 134 leaves : charts ; 30 cm.
Coverage	China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
Rights	Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)