Whither human capital? The woeful tale of transition to tertiary education in India

Manisha Chakrabarty and Sumon Bhaumik

Applied Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 19, issue 9, 835-838

Abstract: In this article, we examine the issue of high dropout rates in India which has adverse implications for human capital formation and hence for the country's long-term growth potential. Using the 2004--2005 National Sample Survey (NSS) employment--unemployment data, we estimate transition probabilities of moving from a number of different educational levels to higher educational levels using a sequential logit model. Our results suggest that the overall probability of reaching tertiary education is very low. Further, even by the woeful overall standards, women are significantly worse off, particularly in rural areas.

Date: 2012
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