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Anderson, Siwan; Genicot, Garance - eSocialSciences - 2012

Is there an impact of female property rights on male and female suicide rates in India. Using state level variation in … legal changes to women's property rights, it is shown that better property rights for women are associated with a decrease … in the difference between female and male suicide rates, but an increase in both male and female suicides.[BREAD Working …

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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?

Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - eSocialSciences - 2007

The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 115].

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Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2013

As reports of severe harassment of Maruti workers and their families trickled in in late July 2012, Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) undertook a fact finding investigation into the incident, its context and implications. [PUDR]....

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Post-Conflict Recovery: Does the Global Economy Work for Peace?

Addison, Tony - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper mainly addresses the economic dimensions, concentrating on the importance of international trade to state-building and the need for global public goods in a global market economy. The focus here is on the smaller countries emerging from civil war (particularly in Africa) rather than...

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Guidelines for Human-Leopard Conflict Management

eSocialSciences; Ministry of Environment and Forests GOI - 2011

are suggested for managing the humanleopard conflict situations in areas where leopards coexist among high densities of … humans. URL:[http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/guidelines-human-leopard-conflict-management.pdf]. …

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Journalism in Democracies During Times of War: Examining the Role of Indian and US Media

Sharma, Aradhana - eSocialSciences - 2012

to US and India using case studies. It focuses on â€˜national securityâ€™ becoming a major pivot around which the media …

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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of Salary: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)

Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - eSocialSciences - 2010

The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].

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