| Issue |
SHS Web of Conferences
Volume 6, 2014
IFSRAP 2013 – The First International Forum on Studies of Rural Areas and Peasants
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| Article Number | 04002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Education in Rural | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20140604002 | |
| Published online | 25 April 2014 | |
An Empirical Research on Returns to Education of Disabled People during the Process of Modernization
School of Management, Capital Normal University, 100089 Beijing, China
a Corresponding author: liaojuan2008@aliyun.com
Education is one of the most important ways to form human capital. Individual can get profit from investment in human capital. Although education situation of the disabled is getting better slowly during the process of modernization, the study of return to education of disabled has been largely ignored for many years. Furthermore, there are still a number of challenges need to pay more attention. This paper based on CHNS data in the economic transition period using Mincer Equation to study the returns to education in the disabled people in China. The results show that the education level has significant positive relationship with the rate of return to education; Return to education of the disabled is lower than non-disabled and male higher than female. The paper suggested more special education supply are required, female disabled people should be pay more attention especially on their education.
Key words: disabled / non-disabled / return to education / wage equation
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