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The Existence of a Threshold in a Small Open Economy with Non-Convex Technology
Long, Ngo Van; Nishimura, Kazuo; Shimomura, Koji - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 1996
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Does Non-farm Sector Employment reduce Rural Poverty and Vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012
The present study examines whether employment in the rural non-farm sector (RNFE) has any poverty-reducing and … consistent with poverty reducing role of accessing RNFE - with the aggregate effect larger in Vietnam than in India. Access to … non-farm sector would reduce such risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty …
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Does Non-Farm Sector Employment Reduce Rural Poverty and Vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India
Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav; Thapa, Ganesh - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2015
The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India - which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …
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Inequality and Growth in Rural China: Does Higher Inequality Impede Growth?
Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We explore the relationship between the level of village inequality in 1986, and the subsequent growth of household incomes from 1986 to 1999. Using a detailed householdlevel data set from rural China, we find robust evidence that initial inequality is negatively related to subsequent household...
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What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We study the surprisingly low level and stagnation of female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force participation stagnated at around 18%. Using five large...
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Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We … introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international …
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Diet Diversification and Diet Quality in India: An Analysis
Gaiha, Raghav; Kaicker, Nidhi; Imai, Katsushi S.; … - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012
Our study examines changes in diets over the period 1993-2009. Diets have shifted away from cereals towards higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, oils and livestock products. Using household data, a food diversity index (FDI) is constructed, based on five food commodities. Significant price...
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Does Development Reduce Migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
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Spending to Save? State Health Expenditure and Infant Mortality in India
Bhalotra, Sonia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
There are severe inequalities in health in the world, poor health being concentrated amongst poor people in poor countries. Poor countries spend a much smaller share of national income on health expenditure than do richer countries. What potential lies in political or growth processes that raise...
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India's Increasing Skill Premium: Role of Demand and Supply
Azam, Mehtabul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The tertiary-secondary (college-high school) wage premium has been increasing in India over the past decade, but the increase differs across age groups. The increase in wage premium has been driven mostly by younger age groups, while older age groups have not experienced any significant...
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