Whither Human Capital? The Woeful Tale of Transition to Tertiary Education in India

Sumon Bhaumik and Manisha Chakrabarty ()

No wp1019, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: In this paper 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 2004-05 National Sample Survey employment-unemployment survey 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.

Keywords: Education; Transitional probability; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2011-07-01
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Journal Article: Whither human capital? The woeful tale of transition to tertiary education in India (2012)
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