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Surplus Education and Earnings Differentials in Pakistan: A Quantile Regression Analysis

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  • Maqbool H. Sial

    (Professor, School of Business and Economics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • Ghulam Sarwar

    (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Sargodha, Pakistan)

  • Mubashra Saeed

    (MS Student, Department of Economics, The University of Lahore)

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  • Maqbool H. Sial & Ghulam Sarwar & Mubashra Saeed, 2019. "Surplus Education and Earnings Differentials in Pakistan: A Quantile Regression Analysis," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 24(2), pages 93-114, July-Dec.
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    Keywords

    Surplus education; earning inequality; labor markets; Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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