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Child Work and Schooling in Rural North India: What do Time Use Data Say about Tradeoffs and Drivers of Human Capital Investment?
Narayanan, Sudha; Dhanraj, Sowmya - eSocialSciences - 2013
This study examines time use data for 1244 children in the age-group 6-12 years in 274 villages in eight states in …
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Time Poverty, Work Status and Gender: The Case of Pakistan
Saqib, Najam us; Arif, G M - eSocialSciences - 2012
Time is an important economic resource that can be spent in a variety of ways. Diverse demands on a person’s time may reach a point where the individual may be categorized as time poor. Time poverty may vary across gender, occupational groups, industries, regions, and income levels. The...
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Does Parental Education Affect the Impact of Provision of Health Care on Health Status of Children? - Evidence from India
Bhatka, Runu; Kumar, A. Ganesh - eSocialSciences - 2014
plays a significant role in explaining the slow progress in the health status of children. …
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The National Food Security Bill, 2011
eSocialSciences; Department of Food and Public … - 2011
A Bill to provide for food and nutritional security, in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices, for people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Comments/suggestions on the draft...
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The National Food Security Bill, 2011-as introduced in Lok Sabha
Sabha, Lok - eSocialSciences - 2011
A bill to provide for food and nutritional security in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality food at affordable prices to people to live a life with dignity and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. [as introduced in Lok Sabha].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009392234
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The Impact of Child Care Subsidies on Child Well-Being: Evidence from Geographic Variation in the Distance to Social Service Agencies
Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - eSocialSciences - 2010
estimates suggest that children receiving subsidized care in the year before kindergarten score lower on tests of cognitive … time children reach the end of third grade. Our results point to an unintended consequence of a child care subsidy regime …
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Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being
Baker, Michael; Gruber, Jonathan; Milligan, Kevin - eSocialSciences - 2006
The growing labour force participation of women with small children in both the U.S. and Canada has led to calls for … slightly smaller than previous credible estimates. Finally, the authors uncover striking evidence that children are worse off …
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Proceedings and Resolutions of the Sixth Session of the First Parliament of Bhutan
Tshultim, Jigme - eSocialSciences - 2011
The 6th Session of the First Parliament commenced on the auspicious 13th Day of 10th Month of Iron Male Tiger Year corresponding to November 19, 2010 with Zhugdrel Phuensum Tshogpai ceremony where His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo addressed the Assembly. The assembly discussed among other issues, the...
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Children not included in "Inclusive‟ Budget: Where is the "Aam Bachcha†in the Budget, Mr FM?
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2010
Finance Minister’s Pranab Mukherjee’s “inclusive†Budget 2010-11 does not include children, who are over 42 per … cent of the population. Out of every rupee spent in the budget, he has allotted only 4.63 paise to children. …
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GNH, EI and the Well-Being of Nations: Lessons for Public Policy Makers, with Specific Reference to the Happiness Dividend of Tourism
Vorster, Shaun - eSocialSciences - 2013
to societal EI and, secondly, to evaluate within this theoretical context the happiness dividend of the tourism economy …
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