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An essay on the factors of income

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bracu.degree.levelPostgraduate
bracu.type.groupStudent Works
datacite.rightsOpen Access
dc.contributor.advisorBegum, Salma
dc.contributor.authorAktari, Syeda Jahirin
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Economics and Social Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-09T09:00:56Z
dc.date.available2023-01-09T09:00:56Z
dc.date.copyright2022
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 20-21).
dc.descriptionThis thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Applied Economics, 2022.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effect of different factors on the composition of individuals earning by using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data. This paper also exhibits the contribution of individual’s non-cognitive skills and first occupation on yearly real earning. The contribution towards the literature of this paper is few ways; finding real change in income due to different factors; using different categories of occupation to estimate the result; developing ability index to measure the non-cognitive skill. The result finds a strong effect of education on individuals' earnings. The result also shows other factor’s importance on individual earnings and finds evidence of the contribution of first occupation and noncognitive ability on real earnings.en_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Science in Applied Economics
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySyeda Jahirin Aktari
dc.format.extent21 pages
dc.identifier.otherID 20175009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/17700
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBRAC Universityen_US
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dc.subjectIncomeen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectExperienceen_US
dc.subjectMincer equationen_US
dc.subjectNon-cognitive abilityen_US
dc.subject.lcshIncome distribution
dc.titleAn essay on the factors of incomeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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