An Economic Analysis of Education, Experience and Earnings: The Case of Selected Urban Centers in Ethiopia
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2000-06
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A.A.U
Abstract
With the growing interest in human capital theory, assessing the impact of
education and experience on earnings has been given special emphasis. the main
objective of this study is to examine and estimate the influence of education and
work experience on earnings of household heads in the selected urban centers in
Ethiopia. the earning junction is used to estimate the impact of human capital
variables using secondary sources of data, which is collected by the Addis Ababa
university and g6tebrg university. the main findings of the study are. (a)
human capital variables (education and experience) are most important in
influencing earnings of the household heads for both wage/salary employees and
own-account private business workers; (b) male household heads who are
wage/salary employees on average, receive higher earnings than female
household heads with the same level of education, experience, occupation
and sector of activity;
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Education, Experience