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Education, earnings and occupational mobility in Singapore

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  • Pang, Eng Fong,

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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.

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  • Pang, Eng Fong,, 1976. "Education, earnings and occupational mobility in Singapore," ILO Working Papers 991781003402676, International Labour Organization.
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    1. Blaug, Mark, 1974. "An Economic Analysis of Personal Earnings in Thailand," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 23(1), pages 1-31, October.
    2. Pang, Eng Fong, & Liu, Pak Wai,, 1975. "Education, socioeconomic status and labor market success : a case study of manufacturing workers in Singapore," ILO Working Papers 991624303402676, International Labour Organization.
    3. Piore, Michael J, 1973. "Fragments of a "Sociological" Theory of Wages," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 63(2), pages 377-384, May.
    4. Cain, Glen G, 1975. "The Challenge of Dual and Radical Theories of the Labor Market to Orthodox Theory," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 65(2), pages 16-22, May.
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