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This paper reviews the development of the social security system and trends in the urban labor market in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Despite its remarkable economic achievement, the PRC faces a difficult path before it can reform and improve its social security system and...
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risk-matching and intra-group diversification of risk using data on Thai microcredit borrowing groups. We propose a non …-parametric univariate methodology for assessing homogeneity of matching; structural multivariate analysis is carried out using Fox's (2008 …) matching maximum score estimator. We find evidence of a) homogeneous sorting by risk and b) risk anti-diversification within …
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Development approach. No Concept of development, however, can be complete unless and until it incorporates the gender component at …
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Rapid demographic ageing is a growing public health issue in many low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a construct frequently used to define groups of people who may be at risk of developing dementia, crucial for targeting preventative interventions....
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This paper is undertaken to examine various aspects of farm level adoption of Bt cotton in Gujarat as well as explore issues relating to environment and non-tariff barriers affecting the cotton trade of India. [Working paper No. 198]. URL:[http://www.gidr.ac.in/pdf/Working%20Paper%20198.pdf].
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Much of the socioeconomic mobility achieved by U.S. immigrant families takes place across rather than within generations. When assessing the long-term integration of immigrants, it is therefore important to analyze differences not just between the foreign-born and U.S-born, but also across...
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The article provides information pertaining to the recent outbreak of "swine flu", which has spread beyond Mexico and …
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This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and …
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This paper confirms that for Mexico over the period 1986-2000, the export sector pays higher wages than other sectors …
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This paper is a lecture series by H.E. Ms. Rosario Green, who shares the economic crisis experience of Mexico and …
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