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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
This paper is a preliminary exploration of the trends and spatial variation in gender differentials in adult mortality … in India, as also of the related rural-urban differentials. We pay particular attention to female mortality in the two …, available n an annual basis since 1970. Gender differentials, as well as rural urban differentials, have narrowed down …
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Exchange Rate Regimes and Macroeconomic Performance in South Asia
Goyal, Ashima - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Stylized facts for South Asia show the dominance of supply shocks, amplified by macroeconomic policies and procyclical current accounts. Interest and exchange rate volatility rose initially on liberalization, but fell as markets deepened. A gradual middling through approach to openness and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365476
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A Critical Review of Economic Analyses of Religion
Kumar, Vikas - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Recent years have seen increasing interest in economic analyses of religion. We carry out a critical review of … Economics of Religion (EoR) in this review essay. We find that on the one hand EoR has made a significant contribution to … enhance our understanding of secular trappings of religion and to break the stranglehold of non-rational approach to religion …
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Vulnerability to Chronic Energy Deficiency : An Empirical Analysis of Women in Uttar Pradesh, India
Ramachandran, Maithili; Kumar, K.S. Kavi; Viswanathan, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
region or country. That these rates in India have been rather high particularly for women is a matter of concern. As Floud … health status. Due to limited information base on BMI very few studies in India have analysed the determinants of CED (which … status). This paper attempts to do so based on a sample of ever-married women in the age group of 15-49 years in the North …
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Asia and The G20
Drysdale, Peter; Willis, Sébastien - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
The industrial transformation of Asia is a development on a scale unprecedented in human history. Following the industrial revolution towards the end of the eighteenth century, Europe and North America each in turn came to dominate the world economy and global power. Now economic weight is...
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Joining Pre-existing International Production Networks : Implications for India’s Economic Integration to East Asia
Suh, Jeongmeen; Kim, Jong Duk - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278003
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Impact of Production Linkages on Industrial Upgrading in ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, and India : Organizational Evidence of a Global Supply Chain
Machikita, Tomohiro; Ueki, Yasushi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
This paper presents a simple model of industrial upgrading as a result of backward and forward information linkages between upstream and downstream relations. It also serves as an empirical investigation of the impact of mutual knowledge exchange on the knowledge production function using data...
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Fiscal Policy Issues for India after the Global Financial Crisis (2008–2010)
Kumar, Rajiv; Soumya, Alamuru - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
The need for fiscal consolidation and sustainability is one of the key macroeconomic issues confronting Indian economy. This paper attempts to understand India’s current fiscal situation, its likely future development, and its impact on the economy in the context of a weak...
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Services as a New Engine of Growth for ASEAN, the People’s Republic of China, and India
Shepherd, Ben; Pasadilla, Gloria - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and India (“the ACI countriesâ€), are no strangers to this underlying trend … regional economies such as India and the Philippines. There is clear scope for policymakers to support expansion of this kind … General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Conclusion of a services agreement with India could provide an additional spur …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278062
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Joining Pre-existing International Production Networks : Implications for India’s Economic Integration to East Asia
Suh, Jeongmeen; Kim, Jong Duk - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278071