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Minimum Wages And Poverty
Kanbur, Ravi; Fields, Gary - eSocialSciences - 2005
Textbook analysis tells us that in a competitive labor market, the introduction of a minimum wage above the competitive equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in...
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Report on Socio Economic Status of the Women Domestic Workers- A Diagnostic Study in Five Major Townships: Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Berhmpur, Ssmbslpur and Rourkela of Orissa
BJ, Bharat Jyoti - eSocialSciences - 2011
Women workers In India constitute one third of the total workforce. Majority of these women are engaged in the un-organized sectors such as agriculture, construction, domestic services etc. The overwhelming majority of domestic workers are women and girls. This study is exploratory in nature and...
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“Group Measurement†of NREGA work: The Jalore Experiment
Khera, Reetika - eSocialSciences - 2009
The paper takes a closer look at an experiment of NREGA training mates (worksite supervisors) in Rajasthan to improve worksite management. It is based on a four-day field visit (11-14 February, 2008) to Jalore district where this experiment is said to have been a success. A team of three...
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Conceptualising Informality: Regulation and Enforcement
Kanbur, Ravi - eSocialSciences - 2009
The informality discourse is large and vibrant, and is expanding rapidly. But there is a certain conceptual incoherence to the literature. New definitions of informality compete with old definitions leading to a plethora of alternative conceptualisations. While some individual studies may apply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512486
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance …
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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001
Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper tries to focus on the method to assess the magnitude of short/seasonal migration based on its broad characteristics. It attempts to analyse the contrasting characteristics of short duration and permanent migration. The study applies the widely recognised demographic technique of...
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Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
Maitra, Pushkar; Mani, Subha - eSocialSciences - 2013
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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Choice and Success of Job Search Methods
Weber, Andrea; Mahringer, Helmut - eSocialSciences - 2014
. We use unique data on the search behavior of job seekers sampled from the inflow into employment during the year 1997 in … and job durations for employed and unemployed workers. Our main finding is that the public employment service specializes …
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Technology Intensity and Global Competitiveness: Issues in Labour Cost and Employment
Mitra, Arup; Sharma, Chandan - eSocialSciences - 2014
Productive employment generation is an important objective in most of the developing countries this motivation has … effect of labour market regulations on employment has also been assessed. Evidence does not favour labour market deregulation …; rather skill factor reveals a negative impact on employment, implying a mismatch between the available labour quality and the …
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Patterns of Migration, Water Scarcity and Caste in Rural Northern Gujarat
Fishman, Ram; Jain, Meha; Kishore, Avinash - eSocialSciences - 2013
Patterns of rural-urban migration and employment shifts in a region that is facing ongoing depletion of groundwater …
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