Zamira Oskonbaeva
Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Biskek, Kyrgyzstan

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The causal effects of education on wages: evidence from Kyrgyzstan Ebru Caglayan Akay; Zamira Oskonbaeva; Irem Sacakli-Sacildi
Economic Journal of Emerging Markets Volume 11 Issue 2, 2019
Publisher : Universitas Islam Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/ejem.vol11.iss2.art6

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This sudy uses a Mincerian earnings function to estimate the effect of education and experience on the wages of women working in developed business and trade center of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It employs a robust median regression and M Regression to estimate the fuctions for both public and private sectors. The paper also estimates the fuction using a least squared regression for comparisson. Finding/Originality: The results show that returns to education for women employees in private sector are higher than that of in the public sector. In contrast, the returns to experience for women employees in the public sector are higher than those in the private sector. The study reveals that schooling has strong causal effects on wages. Therefore, the goverment should give sufficient priority to education. Every Som spent in quality education generates strong positive returns for the whole economy. so that Kyrgyz government should put more efforts to enable individuals staying longer in education