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persons in India. In other words, even after controlling for non-community factors, did the fact that Indians belonged to … India. Furthermore, there was the possibility that the “social gradient” existed with respect to some outcomes but not to …
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apply these concepts of risk to data for four subgroups in India: forward-caste Hindus; Hindus from the Other Backward … Classes; Dalits (collectively the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes); and Muslims. We show that, on both measures of risk … necessary for, rather than lack of access to, regular employment that holds back India’s deprived groups. …
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. In India, women have little social or economic independence. They are treated inequitably at home as much as at the … East India, presents a case different than the rest of the country at large (except Kerala and some other pockets). A very …-economic sphere. The investigation is based on Census of India-2001 data. Two sets of nine variables that measure socio …
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This paper presents theory and evidence to show that imperialism was a major factor impeding the spread of the industrial revolution during the century ending in the 1950s. Two empirical results stand out. First, analysis of historical evidence shows that most sovereign countries were...
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India. It also discusses the limitations of the data sets,and issues for further research but are limited by the …
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In the factors that affect income and poverty outcomes, there are some features unique to India. Caste, ethnicity …, religion and even regional origins all influence income outcomes. Therefore while examining individual poverty, the influence … suffer from chronic impoverishment, especially in rural India. What economic endowments are owned by whom and by how much …
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By employing a parsimonious econometric approach, based on an ARIMA model, this study detects significant Islamic calendar effects on U.S. meat consumption. This surprising finding strengthens the assumption that the size of the Muslim community is considerably larger than assumed by U.S....
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Culture is pivotal in shaping the behavior of an individual. Clothing is one way looking at the culture of one and this … research in specific investigates about eastern clothing of men. The origin comes from South Asia i.e. Pakistan. The preference … purchase intent towards eastern clothing was studied with the sample of 267 male respondents from Karachi. The One Sample Test …
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It is a universal phenomenon that dressing/clothing has an effect on the personality of an individual. One’s attire …. Other factors related to the clothing for e.g. emotions, situations, education of a person, design, print, quality of fabric …
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and H&M, have challenged the Benetton position in the Italian and European clothing market, pushing the Group from Ponzano …
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