Exploring Wage Determinants and the Gender Wage Gap in Bangladesh’s Daily Labor Market: Evidence from HIES 2016
- By Al Mamun
- Wage determinants; gender wage gap; daily labor market; quantile regression; income inequality; labor economics
📌 1. Project Title
Exploring Wage Determinants and the Gender Wage Gap in Bangladesh’s Daily Labor Market: Evidence from HIES 2016
CPER Working Paper Series No. 04 (Published on 14 Dec 2023).
📊 2. Sample Size / Data Used
- Data Source: Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016 (Bangladesh).
- The working paper uses secondary household survey microdata (14,384 observations)
🤝 3. Partners
- Implemented independently by the Center for Policy and Economic Research (CPER) using internal funding.
- No formal external institutional partners are listed on the working paper page.
👩🔬 4. Personnel (Authors / Researchers)
- Al Mamun – Lead researcher and sole author of this working paper.
🧠 5. Topics Covered
The study focuses on key aspects of wage dynamics and inequality in the Bangladesh daily labor market:
- Wage determinants — factors that influence wage levels among daily laborers.
- Gender wage gap analysis — measuring disparities between male and female wages.
- Econometric techniques — use of Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile Regression to estimate wage equations and distributional differences.
- Human capital and socio-demographic influences — effects of education, experience, and demographic characteristics on wage outcomes.
- Policy implications — recommendations for promoting equal pay, shared household responsibilities, and targeted labor market interventions.
📍 6. Location
- Bangladesh — the research focuses on the daily labor market across Bangladesh, using nationally representative HIES 2016 data.