Human Capital and Self-Employment in India: An Empirical Analysis for Different Cohorts
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Keywords
Labor Force Survey; education; occupation; self-employment; gender; India;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
- N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2023-01-16 (Education)
- NEP-ENT-2023-01-16 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-LMA-2023-01-16 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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