Education, earnings and occupational mobility in Singapore

Pang, Eng Fong,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on the relationship between educational level, wages and labour mobility in Singapore, based on a study of men industrial workers - suggests from research results that human capital variables are the most powerful predictors of earnings, shows that the more educated workers have a better chance of promotion to a higher-level job, and advocates the provision of adequate educational opportunity to full-time workers as a sensible educational policy. References and statistical tables.

Keywords: educational level; wages; labour mobility; men; industrial worker; research; human capital; educational opportunity.; educational policy.; statistical table; niveau d'enseignement; salaire; mobilité de la main-d'oeuvre; hommes; travailleur de l'industrie; nivel educativo; salario; movilidad de la mano de obra; hombres; obrero industrial; recherche; capital humain; possibilités d'éducation; politique éducative; tableau statistique; investigación; capital humano; oportunidades de educación; política educativa; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61 pages
Date: 1976
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Published in World Employment Programme. WEP 2-18, Education and Employment Research Project

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