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Education, socioeconomic status and labor market success : a case study of manufacturing workers in Singapore

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  • Pang, Eng Fong,
  • Liu, Pak Wai,

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Working paper assessing the influence of schooling on labour market behaviour in the manufacturing sector in Singapore - constitutes part of a WEP research project on education and employment, and examines the effects of education, social status, training and job experience on wages and labour mobility. Bibliography and statistical tables.

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  • 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.
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    2. Bowles, Samuel, 1972. "Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 80(3), pages 219-251, Part II, .
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