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Choice and Success of Job Search Methods
Weber, Andrea; Mahringer, Helmut - eSocialSciences - 2014
Job seekers can influence the arrival rate of job offers by the choice of search effort and the search methods they use. In this paper we empirically investigate the contribution of the use of different search methods on the outcome of search. We use unique data on the search behavior of job...
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Jobs and Livelihoods Mapping the Landscape
IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Indian labour market is charcaterised by abysmally low participation of women in the labour market, enormity of low wage informal employment, and scarcity of decent regular wage employment. The collection of essays discuss the labour market scenario in India from different angles,...
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Determinants of On-the-job Search in India: Macro and Micro Evidences
M, Krishna; Paul, G.D Bino - eSocialSciences - 2012
The main aim of this paper is to examine two core features of on-the-job search in India. First, based on National Sample Survey (NSS) 66th round unit level data, we identify the factors influencing the decision of the employed to engage in search activity. [LMRF Discussion Paper 14]....
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Matching for Credit: Risk and Diversification in Thai Microcredit Groups
Ahlin, Christian - eSocialSciences - 2010
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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Is a Ban the Best Way to Reduce Plastic Bag Use? A Case Study from Delhi
eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2012
In many developing countries plastic bags are a significant environmental problem. This is particularly true in the city of Delhi, which faces rapid development with un-matched and inadequate waste management systems. To address this problem, the government of Delhi passed a blanket ban on the...
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Key Copenhagen Messages
Koch-Weser, Caio - eSocialSciences - 2009
Climate change is one of the most important issues of the next decades and has the potential to severely impact societies, economies and human wellbeing.
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Migration and Labour mobility in the Leather Accessories Manufacture in India
Pais, Jesim - eSocialSciences - 2006
Liberalisation and the policies thereafter have lead to a definite increase in production and export from the leather accessories industry in India. The focus of this paper is on migration and labour mobility in the leather accessories manufacture in Dharavi, Mumbai. The core data for the paper...
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Do Labor Intensive Industries Generate Employment? Evidence from firm level survey in India
Das, Deb Kusum; Kalita, Gunajit - eSocialSciences - 2010
This study attempts to address the issue of declining labour intensity in India’s organized manufacturing in order to understand the constraints on employment generation in the labour intensive sectors. Using primary survey data covering 252 labour intensive manufacturing-exporting firms...
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For Love or Money? Motivating Workers
Naeem, Saima; Zaman, Asad - eSocialSciences - 2013
worker productivity. [PIDE Working Papers]. URL:[http://www.pide.org.pk/pdf/Working%20Paper/WorkingPaper-90.pdf]. …
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National Policy on Skill development
Labour, Ministry of; Employment MoL&E - eSocialSciences - 2012
Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. Countries with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities of world of work. [Ministry of Labour and Employment on eSS] [
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