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Revival of Rural PDS: Expansion and Outreach
Rahman, Andaleeb - eSocialSciences - 2014
Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the performance of PDS in terms of its outreach and offtake. States like Bihar and Jharkhand...
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Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration
Dallmann, Ingrid; Millock, Katrin - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a push factor for internal migration. The main contribution of the analysis is to introduce relevant meteorological indicators of climate variability, based on the standardized...
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Persistent Inequality: An Explanation Based on Limited Parental Altruism
Das, Mausumi - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341789
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Rural Labor and Rural Nonagricultural Activities in the Philippines
Sanchez, Maria Teresa C - eSocialSciences - 2012
significantly determine the rural households' labor allocation decisions. Moreover, it also looks at how the availability and growth … of rural nonagricultural employment opportunities affect the rural households' labor allocation decisions and the rural … labor markets particularly for hired labor. The paper also analyzes and examines rural nonagricultural households' pattern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541433
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Towards a Model for Analyzing the Impact of Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies on Households: A Review of Empirical Household Models in the Philippines
Aniceto C. Orbeta Jr. - eSocialSciences - 2012
The paper has two objectives, namely: (a) determine and assess how existing empirical household models are able to capture the effects of changes in the macroeconomic variables on the welfare of the Filipino household, and (b) identify research gaps in the literature and suggest possible ways of...
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Does Organic Agriculture Lead to Better Health among Organic and Conventional Farmers in Thailand? An Investigation of Health Expenditure among Organic and Conventional Farmers in...
Setboonsarng, Sunantar; Lavado, Rouselle F. - eSocialSciences - 2009
-farming households in North and Northeast Thailand is done. Using data from a 2006 household survey covering 626 households in eight …
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What are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
Callen, Michael; Mel, Suresh De; McIntosh, Craig; … - eSocialSciences - 2014
When households increase their deposits in formal bank savings accounts, what is the source of the money? High … deposits directly from households each week. In this context, the headwaters of formal savings are to be found in sacrificed … leisure time: households work more and work more on the wage market when savings options improve. These results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010961566
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Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
Maitra, Pushkar; Mani, Subha - eSocialSciences - 2013
aimed at improving labor market outcomes of women residing in low-income households in a developing country. [IGC working …
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Legislative Brief: The National Food Security Bill, 2011
Balani, Sakshi - eSocialSciences - 2012
The National Food Security Bill, 2011 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister of Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution on December 22, 2011. The Bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (Chairman: Vilas Baburao Muttemwar) on...
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Motivating Knowledge Agents: Can Incentive Pay Overcome Social Distance?
Berg, Erlend; Ghatak, Maitreesh; Manjula, R; Roy, Sanchari - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper studies the interaction of incentive pay and social distance in the dissemination of information. BREAD Working Paper No. 380. URL: [http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/380.pdf].
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