Returns to education in Bangladesh

Education Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-468

  Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Returns to education; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LABOR MARKET; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33749017921     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290600854144     Document Type: Article

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