Thesis (Master of Science in Applied Economics)

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    An essay on the factors of income
    (BRAC University, 2022-07) Aktari, Syeda Jahirin; Begum, Salma
    This 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.
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    Gender Wage Differentials and Intrinsic Motivations: An Empirical study on Nonprofits
    (BRAC University, 2022-07) Jeheen, Nubayra; Begum, Salma
    Conducting a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique and a modified Recentered Influence Function quantile regression using the Bangladesh Labour Force Survey 2016-17, the paper estimates the gender wage differential and the impact of intrinsic motivation in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. The study finds that nonprofits pay a relatively higher wage to their employees, supporting the intrinsic motivation-productivity hypothesis. However, the results cannot conclusively state that nonprofits exhibit a lower gender wage gap in light of this hypothesis. On the other hand, the gender earnings gap for for-profits is primarily driven by differences in worker endowments. Male for-profit workers suffer from a substantive wage penalty compared to the men employed in nonprofits with similar quantified attributes. No such penalty is found for women. The author also finds evidence of a glass ceiling within the nonprofits and a sticky-floor within for-profits.