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Gender-based Indicators in Human Development: Correcting for ‘Missing Women’
Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle - eSocialSciences - 2008
Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528100
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What Explains the Productivity Decline in Manufacturing in the Nineties in India?
Ray, Saon - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper uses the data envelopment analysis (DEA) based Malmquist productivity index to estimate total factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011026233
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Gendering Human Development Indices: Recasting the Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure of India
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2009
Gender-related Development Index (GDI) and Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) developed by UNDP need to be recast to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496179
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American housing market: a source of relief or weakness?
Nageswaran, V. Anantha - eSocialSciences - 2006
In late March the release of data on sale of new homes in the US showed that it had dropped 10 per cent, the biggest drop in nine years. In the immediate aftermath of this report, the US currency gave up some ground against the Euro and other major currencies. Bond yields dropped and rate hike...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319336
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China’s Housing Markets: Regulatory Interventions Mitigate Risk of Severe Bust
Dyck, Steffen; Just, Tobias; Clemens, Ulrich - eSocialSciences - 2011
A closer look at the developments in 35 cities across China, looking for potential regional real estate bubbles. An assessment is done about the success of the various policies and their potential negative impact on the economy and the financial system.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323710
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Do Open Sewers Lead to a Reduction in Housing Prices? Evidence from Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Irfan, Mohammad - eSocialSciences - 2013
The Hedonic property value method is used to estimate how a dismenity, bad odor from an open sewer system, affects housing prices in the city of Rawalpindi in Pakistan. An estimate of the benefits of converting the open system into a closed sewer system is done. [SANDEE Working Paper, No...
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Report of the Expert Group on Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor
Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Planning Commission constituted, in September 1989, an 'Expert Group' to consider methodological and computational aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. [Planning Commission].
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Climate Change, Agriculture, Poverty and Livelihoods: A Status Report
Ninan, K N; Bedamatta, Satyasiba - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper assesses the impact of climate change on Indian agriculture covering a cross section of crops, seasons and regions based on existing literature. The study notes that the impact of climate change will vary across crops, regions and climate change scenarios. [ISEC Working Paper 277]....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945247
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Women's Migration, Urban Poverty and Child Health in Rajasthan
Kumar, Maya Unnithan; MCNAY, K; CASTALDO, A - eSocialSciences - 2014
in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945312
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State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India
Fan, Victoria; Karan, Anup; Mahal, Ajay - eSocialSciences - 2012
catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945315