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Economic development and female labor participation in the Middle East and North Africa : a test of the U-shape hypothesis

Verme, Paolo - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 3, pp. 1-21

(Investment in Women's Human Capital and Economic Development 1995) and observed elsewhere. This paper tests the U …

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Economic Development and Female Labor Participation in the Middle East and North Africa : A Test of the U-Shape Hypothesis

Verme, Paolo - 2017

The Middle East and North Africa region is known for having low female labor market participation rates as compared with its level of economic development. A possible explanation is that these countries find themselves at the turning point of the U-shape hypothesis when countries transition from...

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Constraints to growth and job creation in low-income commenwealth of independent states countries

Verme, Paolo - 2006

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Can the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Reduce Short-Term Migration : Evidence from West Bengal, India

Das, Upasak - 2013

One of the main issues that concerns policymakers and development scholars working in India is the rapid increase of rural out-migration over the past two decades. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was passed in 2005 with a view to curb rural out-migration...

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Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in India and Its Impact on Household Educational Decisions : A Focus on Private Coaching

Das, Upasak - 2018

Given the well-recognised role of education in the process of social and economic development, this paper uses primary data collected from four villages of West Bengal to evaluate the impact of household participation in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a large scale...

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Constraints to Growth and Job Creation in Low-Income Commonwealth of Independent States Countries

Verme, Paolo - 2012

Despite sustained output growth since 1997, low-income Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (CIS-7) have not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as "jobless growth." The author addresses the causes of this...

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Constraints to Growth and Job Creation in Low-Income Commonwealth of Independent States Countries

Verme, Paolo - 2016

Despite sustained output growth since 1997, low-income Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (CIS-7) have not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as jobless growth. The author addresses the causes of this phenomenon...

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Accuracy of Targeting and Rationing Under the Rural Employment Guarantee Programme : A Comparison between West Bengal and Rest of India

Das, Upasak - 2017

One major indicator of success of a social welfare programme is the accuracy of targeting of the benefits to the intended population or groups. Using nationally as well as state representative data for 2009-10 and 2011-12, this paper attempts to assess the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment...

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Employment Guarantee for Women in India Evidence on Participation and Rationing in the MGNREGA from the National Sample Survey

Narayanan, Sudha; Das, Upasak - eSocialSciences - 2014

household for 100 days, has different progressive provisions which incentivise higher participation of women in the programme …. Official data suggest that 47% of all MGNREGA workers are women. This paper uses the National Sample Survey for the 68th … employment-unemployment round (2011-12) to examine the performance of states in terms of participation and rationing of women in …

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