Has the relationship between formal education and the formal employment sector in Nepal changed between 1995 and 2014?

Thomas Bolli () and Ursula Renold ()
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Thomas Bolli: KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Ursula Renold: KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

No 19-455, KOF Working papers from KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich

Abstract: This paper analyses the relationship between formal education and the formal employment sector in Nepal. The analysis of several individual-level surveys between 1995 and 2014 shows that completed tertiary education increases the probability to be wage-employed in the non- agricultural sector, while primary and secondary education has little relationship With wage- employment. However, primary, secondary and tertiary education all increase an extended measure of formal sector employment that accounts for company registration and Size. This highlights the relevance of choosing the appropriate measure of formal sector employment. The strength of the relationship between completed primary and secondary education and formal sector employment has decreased over time. This decrease provides suggestive evidence that the relative returns to formal education in the informal sector have increased, implying that the informal employment sector provides relatively more opportunities in 2014 than 20 years earlier. The relationship between tertiary education and wage-employment has also decreased but the relationship between tertiary education and the extended measure of formal sector employment has remained stable. This might reflect the large share of tertiary educated working in government related sectors.

Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2019-04
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