Rates of Return to Education by Gender in Pakistan.

Working paper

Differential labour market returns to male and female education are one potential explanation for large gender gaps in education in Pakistan. We empirically test this explanation by estimating private returns to education separately for male and female wage earners. This paper contributes to the literature by using a variety of methodologies (Ordinary Least Squares, Heckman correction, 2SLS and household fixed effects) in order to consistently estimate economic returns to education. The lates...

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Authors: Aslam, M

• Publisher: GPRG
• Series: Working Paper Series
• Place of publication: Oxford
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• Language: English