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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Valente, Christine; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
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India's Approach to Capital Account Liberalization
Prasad, Eswar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In this paper, I analyze India's approach to capital account liberalization through the lens of the new literature on … financial globalization. India's authorities have taken a cautious and calibrated path to capital account opening, which has … the key challenge now facing India's policymakers on this front. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703471
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Economic Influences on Child Migration Decisions: Evidence from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Edmonds, Eric; Salinger, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
examining the correlates of out-migration for children under 15 whose mother's reside in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India. 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703711
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A Distributional Analysis of Social Group Inequality in Rural India
Azam, Mehtabul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
rural India across the entire welfare distribution. The paper establishes that the disadvantage suffered by two historically … the SC and the ST households must remain a focus of attention besides promoting a more active labor market in rural India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762143
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Fatal Fluctuations? Cyclicality in Infant Mortality in India
Bhalotra, Sonia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper investigates the impact of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality in India and investigates likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763441
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Earnings Inequality in India: Has the Rise of Caste and Religion Based Politics in India Had an Impact?
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Chakrabarty, Manisha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
state and federal levels in India. As a consequence, significant intercaste and inter-religion differences in earnings have …-religion earnings in India during the 1987-99 period, using the 43rd and 55th rounds of National Sample Survey (NSS). Our results …
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School Attendance of Children and the Work of Mothers: A Joint Multilevel Model for India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Survey (NFHS-2) for India, we find that, controlling for many covariates among which wealth is the most powerful predictor …
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The Relation between Child Labour and Mothers’ Work: The Case of India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
states and for urban and rural India (NFHS-2, 1998/9), we select our sample drawing information from the household data set …
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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 … in India. The findings of this paper are that the increase in the wage premium has come mostly from demand shifts in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763887
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822966