Household Rates of Return to Education in Rural Bangladesh: Accounting for Direct Costs, Child Labour, and Option Value

M. Najeeb Shafiq ()

Education Economics, 2007, vol. 15, issue 3, 343-358

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.

Keywords: Bangladesh; child labour; direct costs; option value; rate of return to education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/09645290701306358

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