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gradients for India's UAs, using Mills' two-point technique are calculated. Next, population, household and employment gradient …For a country like India that contains a large number of Urban Agglomerations (UAs), suburbanisation has drawn little … attention of the literature. I focus on this sparsely studied issue in this work. Population, household and employment density …
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has eluded India. Using data from the Annual Survey of Industries, the factors holding back the growth of output and … employment in this sector is examined. It is found that there are heterogeneities in the performance of the manufacturing sector …
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Migration can serve as an outlet for employment, higher earnings, and reduced income risk for households in developing … countries. The 2004–2005 Human Development Profile of India survey is used to examine correlations between the receipt of …
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This paper estimates the short-and-medium-run effects of participating in a sub- sidized vocational training program aimed at improving labor market outcomes of women residing in low-income households in a developing country. [IGC working paper].
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Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater … resources in Northern Gujarat, India is discussed. Given that migration typically does not occur due to one singular risk, the …
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The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills developed and produced by IRIS Knowledge … attempt to pull together a data and knowledge base on and of youth in urban India. …
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Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, a large highly industrialised, progressive state that until a decade ago, reported remarkable progress on social and economic indices. Today, it is still a leading state, but its social indices have deteriorated. This is evidence of its poor performance on...
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The Human Capital Index explores the contributors and inhibitors to the development and deployment of a healthy, educated and productive labour force, and has generated the information contained in this Report. The Index provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across...
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Even though the economic and social benefits of thriving entrepreneurship and innovation are evident, it is critical to recognize that these benefits will only accrue if the key gaps in the ecosystem are addressed. Five key areas that an entrepreneur would need to address on a priority basis are...
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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which guarantees employment of every rural … employment-unemployment round (2011-12) to examine the performance of states in terms of participation and rationing of women in …
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