Purpose

Globalisation drives many people to seek overseas employment. However, research on the relation between educational attainment and occupations/incomes mostly focuses on domestic workers while excluding overseas migrant workers. Therefore, the present study includes overseas migrant labourers and aims to examine the relation between educational attainment and occupations/incomes and gender disparity within this relation in Nepal.

Design/methodology/approach

This study conducted interview surveys with teachers and home-visit surveys with the subjects and their families based on the school records to collect information such as educational attainment, current occupation, monthly income, etc. The study compared occupations and incomes by educational attainment and gender and analysed the trend. Gender disparity in average monthly incomes was also analysed.

Findings

The results of this study registered almost no difference in the proportions of mental labour and high incomes for both males and females at the primary to secondary education echelons. Surprisingly, the average monthly incomes of females were around 60% or less than the remunerations offered to male workers with equivalent educational qualifications. This disparity does not narrow even at the higher educational classifications. Moreover, the disparity is widening even more by overseas migrant labour.

Originality/value

Since this study gathered extensive data on individual youth and did not rely on secondary data, it was possible to perform an in-depth analysis and accurately portray the real situation faced by Nepalese youth. Moreover, by including overseas migrant labourers, the study could examine the relation between educational attainment and occupations/incomes not only in the domestic market but also in the global market.

中文翻译：

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全球化世界中学历与职业/收入之间的关系：以尼泊尔青年为重点

目的

全球化驱使许多人寻求海外就业。但是，关于教育程度与职业/收入之间的关系的研究主要集中在家庭工人上，而排除了海外移民工人。因此，本研究包括海外移民劳工，旨在研究尼泊尔受教育程度与职业/收入和性别差异之间的关系。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究对教师进行了访谈调查，并根据学校记录对受试者及其家庭进行了家庭访问调查，以收集诸如教育程度，当前职业，月收入等信息。该研究按教育程度和性别对职业和收入进行了比较并分析了趋势。还分析了平均月收入中的性别差异。

发现

这项研究的结果表明，在小学到中学阶段，男性和女性在脑力劳动和高收入方面所占的比例几乎没有差异。令人惊讶的是，女性的平均月收入约为向具有同等学历的男性工人提供的报酬的60％左右或更少。即使在高等教育类别中，这种差距也不会缩小。而且，由于外来务工人员之间的差距进一步扩大。

创意/价值

由于这项研究收集了有关单个青年的大量数据，并且不依赖于二手数据，因此有可能进行深入分析并准确描绘尼泊尔青年面临的实际情况。此外，通过包括海外移徙工人在内，该研究不仅可以考察国内市场上的教育程度与职业/收入之间的关系，而且还可以考察全球市场上的职业/收入之间的关系。