This paper applies an ecological model of reproductive choice, life history theory, to humans. It models a tension among further investment in self, in present offspring, and later investment in future offspring. Some reproductive decisions for men and women in modern societies may fit this type...

Risk taking is predicted to vary with future discounting, as immediate rewards would be overvalued compared to those in the distant future. Degree of future discounting may be increased by unpredictability in the childhood environment. Here we assess relationships among risk taking, future...

Preface -- Employment policy in the global and national context -- Re-thinking employment in in the Indian economy : inclusive growth and well-being / Elizabeth Hill -- Employment policy in the international development agenda and its relevance in India / Catherine Saget -- Judicial production...

Strategies for work life reform amongs informal sector workers in developing countries are currently dominated by resource-based approaches such as the micro-credit movement. This policy framework is predicated upon certain liberal assumptions about individual human action and the relationship...

HIV-related symbolic stigma arises from moralistic value judgements attached to people living with HIV and has negative consequences from both public health and human rights perspectives. Relatively little is known about cross-national variation in symbolic stigma. With the purpose of informing...

Using the backdrop of an economy emerging from a decade of restructuring and on the brink of the longest expansion on record, this paper is an exploratory work that examines employer-provided training to temporary workers and the characteristics of firms associated with that training. The focus...