Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 100
Cover Image
Absorbing external shocks : the Gulf crisis, international migration linkages and the Indian economy, 1990 (with special reference to the impact on Kerala)
Saith, Saith, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837454
Cover Image
Agricultural growth and rural industry : some reflections on the rural growth linkages debate
Dunham, Dunham, D.M. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730715
Cover Image
Agricultural growth and rural industry : some reflections on the rural growth linkages debate
DUNHAM, D.M. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005138433
Cover Image
Absorbing external shocks : the Gulf crisis, international migration linkages and the Indian economy, 1990 (with special reference to the impact on Kerala)
SAITH, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232837
Cover Image
Natural disasters impact, factors of resilience and development: A meta-analysis of the macroeconomic literature
Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van; Lazzaroni, Lazzaroni, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013
We systematize recent macroeconomic empirical literature on the direct and indirect impact of natural disasters providing a meta-analysis of 20 studies published during 2002-2013. We show that the disagreement between these studies is caused by the empirical design, the estimation technique and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010730517
Cover Image
Macroeconomics of natural disasters
Bergeijk, Peter A.G. van; Lazzaroni, Lazzaroni, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013
We use the case of the impact of natural disasters to analyse strengths and weaknesses of meta-analysis in an emerging research field. Macroeconomists have published on this issue since 2002 (we identified 22 studies to date). The results of the studies are contradictory and therefore the need...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149217
Cover Image
Revisiting the role of the resource curse in shaping institutions and growth
Murshed, Murshed, S.M.; Badiuzzaman, Badiuzzaman, M.; … - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2015
This paper examines the effect of natural resource dependence on growth in a cross-country setting during 1970 to 2010 … there is a resource curse adversely effecting growth via institutional deterioration in the longer term (1970-2010), but … more for growth, including governance and constraints on the executive relative to democracy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195799
Cover Image
Healthcare Seeking Behavior among Self-help Group Households in Rural Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India
Bedi, Arjun Singh; Raza, Raza, W.A.; Panda, Panda, P.; … - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013
insurance (CBHI) schemes have been functioning in rural India. These CBHI schemes may design their benefit packages according to … of India’s poorest states.1 We find that the majority of respondents do access some form of care and that there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941757
Cover Image
Ensuring daughter survival in Tamil Nadu, India
Bedi, Arjun Singh; Srinivasan, Srinivasan, S. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009
The south Indian state of Tamil Nadu is a relatively recent entrant to the list of Indian states exhibiting the phenomenon of "missing girls". A substantial proportion of these missing girls may be attributed to the differential survival of girls and boys in the 0-6 age group due to daughter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210416
Cover Image
Supporting decentralised urban governance : training women municipal councillors in Mumbai, India
Holzner, Holzner, B.M.; de Wit, de Wit, J.W. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011253001