Household rates of return to education in rural Bangladesh: Accounting for direct costs, child labour, and option value

Shafiq, MN (2007) Household rates of return to education in rural Bangladesh: Accounting for direct costs, child labour, and option value. Education Economics, 15 (3). 343 - 358. ISSN 0964-5292

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Abstract

This study estimates the returns to boys' education for rural Bangladeshi households by accounting for some conventionally neglected items: direct costs of education, foregone child labour earnings, and option value. The estimated returns are 13.5% for primary education, 7.8% for junior-secondary education, 12.9% for higher-secondary education, and 9.7% for higher education; the resulting option value from primary education is 5.3%. These results suggest that there is economic rationale for non-poor rural households to invest in boys' education, especially at the primary level.

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Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Creators/Authors:	Creators Email Pitt Username ORCID Shafiq, MN mnshafiq@pitt.edu MNSHAFIQ 0000-0001-5634-0547
Date:	1 September 2007
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Education Economics
Volume:	15
Number:	3
Page Range:	343 - 358
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1080/09645290701306358
Schools and Programs:	Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Economics
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0964-5292
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2013 15:33
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2019 06:55
URI:	http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17539

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