Educational attainment by sector of economic activity : compilation and analysis of data from seven Pacific rim countries, 1960-1987

In order to prepare 5- year and 25-year plans, officials in the Indonesian Ministry of Education have identified the need to develop a system for forecasting the educational composition of the labor force. This report suggests elements of such a framework based on the educational structures and development patterns in other Pacific Rim countries. An international comparisons approach is used. Data on educational attainment of the labor force by industry are assembled for seven Pacific Rim countries (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand). The data are taken from census and labor force survey reports over the period 1960 to 1987. For each observation point, the data are arranged in an industry-matrix showing, for a given country in a particular year, the proportion of the labor force in each of nine major industry groupings (sectors) with educational attainment at the below primary, primary, secondary or university levels. Twenty-three such matrices are constructed. Several models are suggested to explain differences in the industry- education coefficients. (Author abstract)