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Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance
Finan, Frederico; Ferraz, Claudio - eSocialSciences - 2009
examines whether higher wages attract better quality politicians and improve political performance. The analysis exploits … discontinuities in wages across municipalities induced by a constitutional amendment defining caps on the salary of local legislatures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487791
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Inter-firm differences in FII portfolio investment in India
Pandit, B.L.; Siddharthan, N.S. - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper has the objective of analysing the determinants of FII investment in firms in high-tech corporate sectors like automobiles, drugs and pharmaceuticals, IT software and IT hardware for the period 2000 to 2004. The paper focuses on on the analytics of transnational holding of equity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170159
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Productivity Response to a Contract Change
Jayaraman, Rajshri; Ray, Debraj; V´ericourt, Francis de - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change. The setting is a tea plantation in India. The activity in question is tea-plucking, the output from which is measurable and contractible. Payments to pluckers consist of a baseline wage, along with piece rates per kilogram of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945319
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Jobs and Livelihoods Mapping the Landscape
IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Indian labour market is charcaterised by abysmally low participation of women in the labour market, enormity of low wage informal employment, and scarcity of decent regular wage employment. The collection of essays discuss the labour market scenario in India from different angles,...
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Gender Pay Gap in the Formal Sector: 2006 - 2013: Preliminary Evidence from Paycheck India Data
Varkkey, Biju; Korde, Rupa - eSocialSciences - 2013
This report aims at quantifying the magnitude of gender-based disparities that women face in the organized sector of the Indian labour market, and track their progress over time. The extent of the gender pay gap is measured on various parameters such as age, educational qualifications, industry,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945425
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Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - eSocialSciences - 2014
The effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages are analysed over the course … of the agricultural production cycle. It is shown theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the …-stage wages. Indian household panel data describing early-season migration and district-level planting- and harvest-stage wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945520
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Impact of Liberalisation on Wages and Employment in Indian Manufacturing Industries
Banga, Rashmi - eSocialSciences - 2007
technology on wages and employment in Indian organised manufacturing industries in the post reforms period [WP No. 153] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341670
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Understanding ‘Crises’ in a Traditional Industry: Case of Coir in Kerala
Kalamani, I. - eSocialSciences - 2006
The paper attempts to critically analyse the issues that are an offshoot of the open market regime pursued in the industry. Intense competition between exporters for developed country suppliers along with imperfections in the factor markets has resulted in the downward pressure on producer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341732
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Implementing the Employment Guarantee Act- A Survey in Chitradurga District, Karnataka
Budget, Centre for; CBPS, Policy Studies - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper is a report of a survey done in Chitradurga District, Karnataka to know the functioning of NREGA and awarness of people about this Act.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341844
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Subsidizing the National Food Authority: Is It a Good Policy?
eSocialSciences; Senate Economic Planning Office SEPO - 2012
National Food Authority's (NFA) twin mandate of price stabilization and food security has cost the government billions of pesos in losses over the past few decades. As such, there is a need to reexamine the NFA to determine whether the benefits gained from its continued operation justifies the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651098