Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 76
Cover Image
Adolescent Fertility in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Effects and Solutions
McQueston, Kate; Silverman, Rachel; Glassman, Amanda - eSocialSciences - 2012
school dropout, lost productivity, and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. However, there is debate about whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548435
Cover Image
Human Capital, Labour Productivity and Employment
Bhat, Savita; Siddharthan, N S - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper analyses the importance of human capital in determining the inter-state differences in labour productivity … determinants of productivity. Furthermore, higher enrolments in high schools not only contribute to higher labour productivity but … also to higher growth in productivity. In addition, states that have higher high school enrolment rates have been enjoying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690331
Cover Image
Costs of Basic Services in Kerala, 2007, Education, Health, Childbirth and Finance (Loans)
Rajan, S. Irudaya; KC, Zachariah - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this study is to analyze the pattern and costs of services in four areas, which critically affect most households in Kerala . The major concerns of this paper include answers to questions such as: How much did Kerala households spend for education of their children, for treatment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341770
Cover Image
Essential Drugs in Government Healthcare: Emerging Model of Procurement and Supply
N, Lalitha - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper details the procedures adopted by the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation in procuring and supplying essential drugs to the government health care which is a positive measure in ensuring `health for all’. [GIDR WP No. 161].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004990961
Cover Image
Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality
Das, Mausumi; Chakraborty, Shankha - eSocialSciences - 2010
Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. Health human capital is introduced into a two-period overlapping generations model....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543124
Cover Image
The Gender Gap in Mathematics: Evidence from Low-and-Middle Income Countries
Bharadwaj, Prashant; Giorgi, Giacomo de; Hansen, David; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
Is there a gender gap in mathematics across many low- and middle-income countries? A detailed, comparable test score data is used to analyze this. Micro level data on school performance linked to household demographics shows that the gender gap appears to increase with age. It is shown that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945217
Cover Image
Spatial Convergence and Growth in Indian Agriculture: 1967-2010
Chaterjee, Tirtha - eSocialSciences - 2014
Inter-state diversity has been a perennial feature of Indian agriculture. The study probes if per capita income in Indian agriculture has converged across states in the last four and a half decades. It finds strong evidence in favour of beta convergence but not in favour of sigma convergence....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945378
Cover Image
The Human Capital Report
WEF, World Economic Forum - eSocialSciences - 2013
The Human Capital Index explores the contributors and inhibitors to the development and deployment of a healthy, educated and productive labour force, and has generated the information contained in this Report. The Index provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945383
Cover Image
Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis using Micro Data
Banerjee, Abhijit; Meng, Xin; Porzio, Tommaso; Qian, Nancy - eSocialSciences - 2014
This study uses micro data and an OLG model to show that general equi- librium forces are critical for understanding the relationship between aggregate fertility and household savings. [BREAD WP No. 415].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945400
Cover Image
The Effect of Breastfeeding on Educational Attainment: Evidence from Sibling Data
Duran, Denizhan - eSocialSciences - 2013
Using data on sibling pairs drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of having been breastfed on high school graduation, high school grades, and college attendance. Our results suggest that breastfeeding is associated with substantial increases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945401