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This paper studies the prviate rates of returns to investment in education for workers, with particular focus on the returns to education for various fields of study at the polytechnic diploma and university first degree levels. The study uses an econometric model involving a Mincerian-type earnings function to estimate the rate of return to education in terms of an increase in wages for each additional year of study.
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