My Own Boss

Sumit Agarwal, Swee Hoon Ang and Tien Foo Sing

Chapter 12 in Kiasunomics©2:Economic Insights for Everyday Life, 2020, pp 201-215 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: After hearing that Peter had benefitted from SkillsFuture training by taking up courses on personal finance as well as insurance, Teng and Siew Ling had been toying with the idea of how they could improve themselves. They had thought of learning some computer programming but were deterred when they saw the books they would be using. They could barely master English and to learn a computer language seemed forbearing. They wanted something where the learning curve was not too steep but the ‘yield’ in terms of putting the new skill to good use was fast and high…

Keywords: Kiasu; Singaporeans; Economic Behaviours; GST; Retirement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 D00 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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