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religion mediate access and returns to education of men and women. The effort is to discuss whether, the capabilities approach … in this paper is a comparison between the knowledge generated through use of traditional data sources to measure access … and returns to education compared with knowledge about the dynamics of capability formation generated through a mixture of …
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This paper proposes a theory of the origins of India’s caste system by explicitly recognizing the productivity of …
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Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. Countries with …
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Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity … products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and capital equipments produced in the richer … countries, however, derive benefits from knowledge spillovers. The empirical analysis in this paper shows that what type of …
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coordinates that define the development of knowledge, higher education and excellence of these efforts. [DB]. URL …
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This is the 4th Chapter of the report 'Women and Men in India' by CSO. Although women constitute a little less than the …
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Is there a gender gap in mathematics across many low- and middle-income countries? A detailed, comparable test score data is used to analyze this. Micro level data on school performance linked to household demographics shows that the gender gap appears to increase with age. It is shown that...
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There is a widespread belief that women are better at selecting gifts than men; however, this claim has not been …
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The research focuses on experiences of involuntary childlessness among women and men and societal perceptions of the … the coping strategies used. The study also involves understanding the perceptions of women and men towards the process of …
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associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult …
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