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Migration and Poverty in India: A Multi-Patterned and Complex Reality
Shah, Amita; Kumar, Animesh - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level studies in India. It also discusses the extent, patterns, and correlates of short term migration with the help a large set of data collected from rural households in major states in...
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Understanding the Dynamics of Socio-Economic Mobility: Tales from Two Indian Villages
Wilson, Caroline - eSocialSciences - 2013
The study takes a comparative approach by examining household livelihood mobility within two very different villages …
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The Elite Brain Drain
Hunter, Rosalind S - eSocialSciences - 2009
They collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of … played by low mobility costs in the modern world.[IZA DP No. 4005] …
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Snakes, Ladders and Traps: Changing Lives and Livelihoods in Rural Bangladesh (1994-2001)
Kabeer, Naila - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper examines national-level explanations for poverty decline in Bangladesh in micro-level detail, in order to better understand the nature of the causalities at work and why some households have gained, while others have failed to gain, in the processes of change involved. The analysis is...
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Unfree Mobility: Adivasi Women's Migration
Mazumdar, Indrani - eSocialSciences - 2014
Tribal community practices and cultures, particularly the lack of traditional restrictions on women’s work and labour, have indeed been a significant factor in bringing larger proportions of tribal women into more mobile forms of labour in comparison to other social groups in India....
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A Study on Emigration Attitudes of Young Singaporeans (2010)
Hoong, Leong Chan; Soon, Debbie - eSocialSciences - 2012
The study examines the intention to work abroad based on a representative sample of young Singaporeans residing in the city-state. Two thousand and thirteen Singaporeans between the age of 19 to 30 years took part in the research. [Working paper No. 19].
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Social Mobility in the Context of occupational Health: Case of Silk Reeling
Inbanathan, Anand - eSocialSciences - 2006
Karnataka is the single largest producer of silk in the country.As an income generation activity,sericulture has been seen as part of anti-poverty efforts of both the state and central governments. However, an important by-product of sericulture is the significant number of people who become...
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Migration and Labour mobility in the Leather Accessories Manufacture in India
Pais, Jesim - eSocialSciences - 2006
accessories industry in India. The focus of this paper is on migration and labour mobility in the leather accessories manufacture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341668
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Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and Informal Economy in India: Trends, Initiatives and Challenges
Dhanya M.B - eSocialSciences - 2013
This work examines the status of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) in the informal economy in India and locates the gaps and challenges in ratifying the ILO Conventions 87, 98, 138 and 182. The study also tries to identify various gaps in the existing data base of the informal...
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Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India
United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF - eSocialSciences - 2013
Social Inclusion of Internal Migrants in India aims to provide an overview of existing innovative practices that … increase the inclusion of internal migrants in society and act as a living document that would inspire and assist professionals … and governments officials in their attempts to facilitate the social inclusion of migrants. Through this publication …
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