Return to Education and Work Experience in Bangladesh: An Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Approach
Project Description: This project examines how education and work experience influence workers’ earnings in Bangladesh and how these benefits differ across income groups. Using nationally representative data from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016–2017, the study explores the returns to human capital while accounting for wage differences by gender, location, and income level. It applies advanced econometric methods to estimate the true impact of education and work experience on earnings and to address potential bias in conventional wage models.The research investigates whether the benefits of education are shared equally among workers or whether they vary across the wage distribution....
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