The immodest proposal household choices on education and early labor: implications and policy recommendations to human capital development in the Philippines
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2011-10
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Guarin, Geraldine Enriquez
Reyes, Kehrl Meeno Alva
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As one vital tool for development, Education has always been acknowledged as a good factor of labor Investment in Investment in and Education from Education weighed in vastly in the literature. Highly significant of which is the household preferences and education expenses as investments in human Another of per household member. Another factor is the provincial characteristic where the household belongs contributes to the economic environment This greatly affects the choices of the households. This paper Knight the Sabot once provided by the study of Knight and (human (1990) on how skills and knowledge acquired through education (human capital hypothesis) (credential
hypothesis) how higher credentials Working about by educational attainments of household members (credential hypothesis) affect labor productivity. Working on the factors that would make households prosper and The capital develop more, there are also relevant government programs for Education considered. In this paper. The paper leads to further analysis on the tendencies of households to have their children work or be enrolled in school, as there are unwanted cases of children being compelled to work for the family's daily sustenance than to reap the privilege of studying and the potential private and social benefits of education.
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educational endowments, household schooling, child labor, human capital, educational investments, growth and development, educational choice, school enrollment, household head character