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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
Jayachandran, Seema - eSocialSciences - 2014
Is the high degree of gender inequality in developing countries in education, personal autonomy, and more explained by underdevelopment itself? Or do the societies that are poor today hold certain cultural views that lead to gender inequality? This article discusses several mechanisms through...
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Urbanization in India: Evidence on Agglomeration Economies
Mitra, Arup - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper examines the urbanization pattern with context of India. The paper deals with various demographic aspects of urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL: [http://fgks.in/IndexServer/tifac/article/141.pdf]
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What is Middle Class About the Middle Classes Around the World?
Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit - eSocialSciences - 2008
Household surveys from 13 developing countries are used to describe consumption choices, health and education investments, employment patterns and other features of the of the economic lives of the “middle classes†defined as those whose daily consumption per capita is between $2 and...
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Constraints to women’s entrepreneurship and welfare in developing countries
Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Goyette, Jonathan; ANGBO, Cho … - EcoMod Network - 2014
., 1999; Eswaran, 2002; Schady et al., 2008; Mukhopadhyay et al., 2011). Furthermore, according to the World Bank (2011 …), almost 35% of the world’s firms are owned by women. And a large percentage of these companies are in developing countries … entrepreneurs comes from the World Business Environment Survey (WBES) and is based on formal manufacturing firms. Our approach uses …
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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark; Zhang, Junsen - eSocialSciences - 2012
Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many developing countries in recent decades. [BREAD...
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China’s Rising Military Power and Its Implications
Liang, Jiao - eSocialSciences - 2012
The aim of this paper is to examine the driving forces behind China’s military modernization efforts followed by an assessment of the goals and foci of China’s military modernization at present and in the foreseeable future. The paper concludes with an analysis of the...
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Measures, Spatial Profile and Determinants of Dietary Diversity: Evidence from India
Das, Mousumi - eSocialSciences - 2014
Food security policies in developing countries generally focus on calorie intake, which is not sufficient to tackle the triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet is important to lessen the burden and is...
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Exporting or investing abroad: what is the most profitable?
Brillet, Jean Louis; Brillet, Jean Louis - EcoMod Network - 2012
The rapid development of developing countries, particularly in Asia, and the establishment of trade agreements, make these markets more attractive to western firms, all the more as growth is stagnating in their own countries. But several strategies are possible: • Simply profit from the...
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International Property Rights and Climate Policy: Implications on the Diffusion of Climate-Friendly Technologies
Voigt, Sebastian; Cian, Enrica De; Verdolini, Elena; … - EcoMod Network - 2012
Technological change has been attributed an important role in reducing the costs associated to climate change mitigation through GHG emission reductions. The adoption and deployment of low-carbon and environmentally friendly technologies has been at the center stage of climate negotiations....
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The career intention of informal workers in China: voluntary or forced?
Zuo, Hong; Nemoto, Jiro - EcoMod Network - 2014
There have been many studies show that there are significant differences in wages between China's workers engaged in formal employment and informal employment, but very few studied the career intention of informal workers. Informally workers in such a disadvantageous position, are they voluntary...
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