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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research: With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are...

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Does Political Reservation for Minorities Affect Child Labor? Evidence from India

Kaletski, Elizabeth; Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Scheduled Tribes – on child labor in India. We estimate the effect of political reservation on child labor by exploiting the … Constitution of India. Using data from state and household level surveys on fifteen major Indian states, we find that at the …

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Can Elected Minority Representatives Affect Health Worker Visits? Evidence from India

Kaletski, Elizabeth; Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

, and health worker visits in rural India. We estimate the effect of minority representation on the frequency of visits to … legislative assemblies mandated by the Constitution of India. Using data from state and village level surveys on fifteen major …

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Labour Use and Its Adjustment in Indian Manufacturing Industries

Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This study provides an empirical investigation of the adjustment process of labour in Indian manufacturing industries, which evolved through structural transformation in the era of globalization. The analysis is based on a dynamic model applied to a panel of 22 two-digit manufacturing industries...

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Measurement of Globalization and Its Variations Among Countries, Regions and Over Time

Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

contribution to the overall integration. Finally, we investigate the links between globalization and labor market in India …

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