Labour Market and Non-labour Market Outcomes of Education in Bangladesh: Does Education Matter in the Formation of Outcomes in Adulthood?
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description: What is the purpose of education? Is it to find a job and earn money? Or is it also to become more civically engaged and more aware about the responsibility of voting? These are some of the underlying questions that motivate this thesis, whereby I use the motivation for what purposes we expect education to serve to consider the question: What outcomes do we expect education to yield for each individual, and in turn, for the societies they live in? On one hand, for individuals, there are labour market outcomes of education- i.e., outcomes related to employment such as earnings, employment status and job type- whereby education affects individuals’ labour force participation and individuals’ earnings (Card, 1999; Psacharopoulos & Patrinos, 2018; Rahman & Islam, 2019). Consequently, by influencing individuals’ income and socio-economic status, education reduces their likelihood of poverty and consequently contributes to economic growth and economic development (Barro & Lee, 2013; Lutz, 2008; Mankiw et al., 1992; Pelinescu, 2015; Woessmann, 2016). Interestingly, in line with the employment-driven capitalistic narratives of today’s world, the labour market outcomes of education, i.e., education levels, have long been a focus of researchers and policymakers but little is understood on the topic in terms of different types of education. The question, thus, arises: Does the type of education, i.e., whether it is the general/academic type or religious or TVET, matter? On the other hand, for individuals, beyond the dominant narrative of labour market outcomes of education, there are non-labour-market outcomes of education- i.e., outcomes not directly related to employment such as individuals’ civic engagement and their voting behaviour-whereby education, through influencing individuals’ non-labour-market outcomes, ultimately contributes to societal betterment by lowering public health expenditure, by strengthening democracy, and by ensuring human rights, less crime in society…
abstract: What is the purpose of education? Is it to find a job and earn money? Or is it also to become more civically engaged and more aware about the responsibility of voting? These are some of the underlying questions that motivate this thesis, whereby I use the motivation for what purposes we expect education to serve to consider the question: What outcomes do we expect education to yield for each individual, and in turn, for the societies they live in? On one hand, for individuals, there are labour market outcomes of education- i.e., outcomes related to employment such as earnings, employment status and job type- whereby education affects individuals’ labour force participation and individuals’ earnings (Card, 1999; Psacharopoulos & Patrinos, 2018; Rahman & Islam, 2019). Consequently, by influencing individuals’ income and socio-economic status, education reduces their likelihood of poverty and consequently contributes to economic growth and economic development (Barro & Lee, 2013; Lutz, 2008; Mankiw et al., 1992; Pelinescu, 2015; Woessmann, 2016). Interestingly, in line with the employment-driven capitalistic narratives of today’s world, the labour market outcomes of education, i.e., education levels, have long been a focus of researchers and policymakers but little is understood on the topic in terms of different types of education. The question, thus, arises: Does the type of education, i.e., whether it is the general/academic type or religious or TVET, matter? On the other hand, for individuals, beyond the dominant narrative of labour market outcomes of education, there are non-labour-market outcomes of education- i.e., outcomes not directly related to employment such as individuals’ civic engagement and their voting behaviour-whereby education, through influencing individuals’ non-labour-market outcomes, ultimately contributes to societal betterment by lowering public health expenditure, by strengthening democracy, and by ensuring human rights, less crime in society…
author: Murshed, Rubaiya
language: eng
keywords: Bangladesh, Civic Engagement, Education, Employment, Outcomes of Education, Quantitative Analysis, Voting
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date published: 2024-03-24
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:24:20Z
provider: Cambridge University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of Cambridge

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