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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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Demographic Complementarities and Outsourcing : Implications and Challenges for India
Asher, Mukul G.; Nandy, Amarendu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
argues that demographic complementarities with high-income countries provide India with one-time opportunity to sustain its … growth rate and occupy all segments of global outsourcing and offshoring activities. India has used the labor cost advantage … development, diversification and upgradation policies India can continue to atleast maintain its global market share, and help …
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Gender Differentials in Adult Mortality in India - With Notes on Rural-Urban Contrasts
Krishnaji, N.; James, K.S. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2002
in India, as also of the related rural-urban differentials. We pay particular attention to female mortality in the two …
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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of salary : Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
domestics in a state known for its prevalence of domestic service in colonial India. The replacement of male domestics by …
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Female Labour Migration in India : Insights From NSSO Data
Shanthi, K. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The objective of this working paper is to examine the extent of employment oriented migration of females in India and … among the migrants and those who identified themselves as heads. In all the states in South India this percentage is high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365078
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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 from home, and other compositional changes. Consequently, a large number of people undergo some fundamental change in household arrangements during relatively short periods of...
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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...
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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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