• DR. SUMA JOSEPH
• DR. P. P. SHAJIMON

ABSTRACT Economics of Education’ is one of the developing branches of Economics. A good number of research studies have been carried out to establish the relationship between Education and Earnings. The present study is to determine the relationship between Education and Earnings of people in an educationally backward, but economically advanced district of Idukki in the state of Kerala. The study is based on 2254 earning members selected from 1500 households from Idukki District of the State of Kerala. Hence Survey Method is adopted. The relationship between Education and Earnings; and the difference in the relationship with respect various categories of people were analyzed using appropriate statistical techniques. The study revealed that there exists significant correlation between Education and Earnings of people classified on the basis of Locality, Gender and Community. And also, the extent of relationship is not significantly different in the case of Locality and Gender groups but different in the case of Community groups.

Key Words; Education, Earnings, Locality Groups, Gender Groups, Community Groups, Rural, Urban, Male, Female, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Community, Forward Community.

"A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND EARNINGS OF PEOPLE BASED ON LOCALITY GENDER AND COMMUNITY ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.1181-1185, March-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR180Z063.pdf

"A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND EARNINGS OF PEOPLE BASED ON LOCALITY GENDER AND COMMUNITY ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp1181-1185, March-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR180Z063.pdf