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Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Tall and not so Tall Women of India
Viswanathan, Brinda; Sharma, Viney - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
New studies are increasingly appearing based on historical data across the world that better socio-economic status is associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult women. The main findings show that regional level...
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Rethinking Agricultural Production Collectivities : The case for a group approach to energize agriculture and empower poor farmers
Agarwal, Bina - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
In the face of persistent rural poverty, an incomplete agrarian transition, the predominance of small and marginal farms and an emerging feminization of agriculture, this paper argues for a new institutional approach to poverty reduction, agricultural revival and social empowerment. It makes a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363569
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What Determines the Gradient among Children in Developing Countries? Evidence from Indonesia
Park, Cheolsung - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
-SES families but little impact on health status of high-SES children. It weakens the gradient among school-age children. …I estimate the gradient among children 0 to 14 years old across different age groups using data from Indonesia. I find … that while the gradient is strong among the very young, it gets weaker and almost disappears among children older than 6. I …
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The More Kids, The Less Mom’s Divvy : Impact of Childbirth on Intrahousehold Resource Allocation
Fujii, Tomoki; Isikawa, Ryuichiro - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
We investigate how childbirth affects intrahousehold resource allocation for married Japanese couples. We develop reduced-form and structural-form specifications from a unified theoretical framework. Under a weak set of assumptions, we can focus on private goods to track the changes in...
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The Relationship between Chronic Poverty and Household Dynamics : Evidence from Indonesia
Widyanti, Wenefrida; Suryahadi, Asep; Sumarto, Sudarno; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
The composition of households frequently change due to births, deaths, divorces, marriages, the departure of children …, households with a single female without children have the lowest probability of being either chronically poor or vulnerable …, while single male households with or without children have the highest probability of being vulnerable. Frequent changes in …
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Changing Population In Japan and A Life-Long Active Society To Cope With It
Seike, Atsushi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
Japan's population ageing is unprecedented in modern industrial economies. An ageing population in Japan requires policy measures to encourage lifelong social and economic participation in order to counteract a shrinking workforce and productivity declines. This paper suggests several policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277963
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Developing Asia’s Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support
Park, Donghyun; Estrada, Gemma B. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
Old-age income support is becoming an issue of growing importance throughout Asia. This is especially true in East and Southeast Asia where the population is aging. This paper provides a broad overview of the current state of pension systems in the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia,...
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Demographic change in the Asian Century : Implications for Australia and the Region
McDonald, Peter - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
From the demographic perspective, the 21st century is the population ageing century. Population ageing is well underway in all Asian countries as a result of the spectacular falls in both fertility and mortality rates in the second half of the 20th century.
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Changing Population In Japan and A Life-Long Active Society To Cope With It
Seike, Atsushi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
Japan's population ageing is unprecedented in modern industrial economies. An ageing population in Japan requires policy measures to encourage lifelong social and economic participation in order to counteract a shrinking workforce and productivity declines. This paper suggests several policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277974
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Economic growth, wellbeing and sustainability : measuring Australia's progress
Halderen, Gemma van; Baker, Joanne - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2015
In 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics became the first national statistical agency to produce a broad-focused measuring tool for assessing national progress, developing what was then known as Measuring Australia’s Progress. MAP was developed to help Australians assess whether life...
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