Structural Change and Dynamics of Labor Markets in Bangladesh

Dr. Selim Raihan is a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Executive Director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM). His areas of interest include international trade and trade policy issues related to regional trading agreements, the WTO and domestic trade policies. He has extensive research experience in regional trade and development issues in South Asia, poverty and inequality issues, labor market issues, analysis of economic growth, political economy analysis of growth and development, and economic modeling.

• Chapter 1: Structural Change in Bangladesh: Challenges for Growth and Employment Creation (by Selim Raihan).- Chapter 2: What determines the Choice between Farm and Nonfarm Employments in the Rural Bangladesh? (Selim Raihan and Syer Tazim Haque).- Chapter 3: How does Employment Status Matter for the Wellbeing of Rural Households in Bangladesh? (Selim Raihan and Fatima Tuz Zohora).- Chapter 4: Female Labor Market Participation in Bangladesh: Structural Changes and Determinants of Labor Supply (Simeen Mahmud and Sayema Haque Bidisha).- Chapter 5: Unpacking Unpaid Labor in Bangladesh (Selim Raihan, Sayema Haque Bidisha and Israt Jahan).- Chapter 6: Dynamics of Employment in the Urban Informal Sector in Bangladesh (Selim Raihan, K. M. Nafiz Ifteakhar and Mir Tanzim Nur Angkur).- Chapter 7: Some Estimates of First Demographic Dividend in Bangladesh: An Application of the Bangladesh National Transfer Account (Bazlul Haque Khondker and Muhammad Moshiur Rahman).- Chapter 8: How does Social Protection affect Labor Force Participation in Bangladesh? (Selim Raihan and Israt Jahan).- Chapter 9: How do Education and Skill development affect the Transition from ‘Good-enough’ Job to ‘Decent’ Job? (Selim Raihan and Mahtab Uddin).- Chapter 10: Does Participation in Vocational Training Differ on Agricultural Seasonality? (Israt Jahan and Abu S. Shonchoy).- Chapter 11: How does Remittance affect Labor Force Participation Behavior and Employment Choice in Bangladesh? (Selim Raihan, Muhammad Moshiur Rahman, Andilip Afroze and Mahtab Uddin).- Chapter 12: Growth and Distributional Impacts of Exogenous Demand Shock in Selected Activities in Bangladesh: Application of the Social Accounting Matrix Framework (Bazlul H. Khondker).- Chapter 13: Economy-wide and Employment Effects of different Scenarios in Bangladesh: Application of a CGE Model (SelimRaihan).