An Analysis of the Determinants of Wage and Salary Differentials in Bangladesh
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Keywords
Labour market; income disparity; determinants of wage differential; gender disparity; age-earnings relationship; Household Income Expenditure Survey; Bangladesh;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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