urban areas increase education attainment by about 4.5 years by the time these individuals are adults. In addition, the … on education attainment and some health measures. In addition, our results can rule out any negative effect on health. …

Education and human capital accumulation are essential components of eco- nomic development. This paper attempts to …. Parental education generally has a positive and statis- tically significant effect on the educational attainment of children … and mother's education has a stronger effect on both school enrolment and grade attainment of children compared to father …

Using a unique panel data for rural India for the periods 1999 and 2006 this paper models vulnerability to poverty. We … quantify household vulnerability in rural India in 1999 and 2006, investigate the determinants of ex post poverty as well as ex … policy variables which can be targeted to reduce the incidence of vulnerability in rural India. …

Targeted Public Distribution Scheme (TPDS) represent two alternative social safety nets instituted in India as anti … programs as complements. This holds irrespective of household size, education level, size of land-holding, social group …

its components on a unique data set this paper demonstrates that in rural India household vulnerability is most explained …

food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing upon the large household …

exerted any harmful effects on the small unorganized retail outlets(URO) in India. Answer to this question will facilitate us … currently debated rigorously in India. Based on the primary survey data collected from the National Capital Region and Chennai …

Using National Sample Survey data for rural India we examine the incidence of capture in two workfare programs in rural … India: the Rural Public Works and the Food for Work Programs for 1993-94 and 2004-05 respectively. We discover a high degree …