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Education, Earnings and the Labor Force is an attempt at presenting in a comprehensive and analytical manner the impact of human capital and other non-human capital factors on the monthly earnings of the labor force especially in Pakistan. The book includes a chapter on education system of Pakistan highlighting some crucial issues jeopardizing the growth and development of the whole society. Another chapter which contains a quite sizeable review of the studies concerning the role of education and schooling in economic growth and development is of great value for the students who want to do research in this field of knowledge. The book is an attempt to highlight the importance and significance of the human capital in the progress and development of the nations.

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Muhammad Farooq, faculty member, Shaykh Zayed Islamic Centre University of Peshawar, Pakistan, has received his MA Economics from University of Peshawar, PhD in Labor Economics from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia. His fields of specialization include Islamic Economics, Islamic Finance, Microeconomics, and Labor Economics.

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