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Nayar, Reema; Gottret, Pablo; Mitra, Pradeep; … - eSocialSciences - 2012

several decades. It is important to determine what needs to be done to absorb them into employment at rising levels of labor …

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Myth of Chinese Labour Flexibility

Sundar, K.R. Shyam - eSocialSciences - 2014

India has been a land of myths. Industrial relations are no exception to this trend. The arguments in the name of … attracting foreign investment primarily due to its flexible labour market regime and further state that India lags behind …

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Property Rights and Intra-Household Bargaining

Wang, Shing-Yi - eSocialSciences - 2012

This paper examines whether an individual-level transfer of property rights increases the individual's bargaining power within the household. The question is analyzed in the context of a housing reform that occurred in China that gave existing tenants the opportunity to purchase the homes that...

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Foreign Investment in Farmland No Low-hanging Fruit

Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2012

A key driver of foreign investment in land, food security is a challenge mankind has been confronted with in various times and places. Wherever human societies have developed, growing needs have led to increasing arable land, and when land has been limited by nature or wars, food shortages...

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BCIM Economic Corridor: Prospects and Challenges

Sahoo, Pravakar; Bhunia, Abirup; Dhankar, Sonali - eSocialSciences - 2014

Given the commonalities in terms of history, culture, languages and trade complementarity in many cases, the Bangladesh-China-India …

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Extensive and Intensive Margins of India's Exports: Comparison with China

Veeramani, C.; Gupta, Prachi - eSocialSciences - 2014

Should India's export promotion policies be targeted at accelerating export growth at the extensive(new trading … study of exports is undertaken from India and China by analysing the role of extensive and intensive margins in the export …

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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries

Jayachandran, Seema - eSocialSciences - 2014

Is the high degree of gender inequality in developing countries in education, personal autonomy, and more explained by underdevelopment itself? Or do the societies that are poor today hold certain cultural views that lead to gender inequality? This article discusses several mechanisms through...

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Emerging through Technological Capability: An Overview of Indiaâ€™s Technological Trajectory

Ray, Amit Shovon - eSocialSciences - 2008

In this paper an overview of Indiaâ€™s technological trajectory with a view to understanding the nuances of Indiaâ€™s technological capability and the role it has played in the process of Indiaâ€™s economic progress. [WP No. 227].

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Socioeconomic Factors and All Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality among Older People in Latin America, India, and China: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Ferri, Cleusa P; Acosta, Daisy - eSocialSciences - 2012

Latin America, India, and China. Crude and standardised mortality rates are reported, standardized mortality ratios … and economic factors. Compared with the US, mortality was much higher in urban India and rural China, much lower in Peru … protective (pooled hazard ratio 0.93, 95% CI 0.89â€“0.98). Most deaths occurred at home, but, except in India, most individuals …

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State of the Economy and Prospects: chapter 1

Mukherjee, Pranab - eSocialSciences - 2012

Economic Survey-Chapter1. [Economic Survey]. URL:[http://indiabudget.nic.in/survey.asp]

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