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development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic …
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We study firms’ advertised gender preferences in a population of ads on a Chinese internet job board, and interpret … these patterns using a simple employer search model. The model allows us to distinguish firms’ underlying gender … preferences from firms’ propensities to restrict their search to their preferred gender. The model also predicts that higher job …
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selections for others, regardless of the gender of the receiver and the type of relationship between the giver and receiver. We … interest (measured with an autism questionnaire), but not differences in interpersonal reactivity, explain gender differences …
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The essay is to provides a detailed overview of the state of the recent empirical literature on why and how children work as well as the consequences of that work. It provides a descriptive overview of how children spend their time in low income coutries, most common type of work, influence of...
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This study examines time use data for 1244 children in the age-group 6-12 years in 274 villages in eight states in rural north India to understand the tradeoffs between time spent in school, time spent at work, time spent on home study and leisure. [IGIDR WP-2013-023].
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reach a point where the individual may be categorized as time poor. Time poverty may vary across gender, occupational groups …
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Development approach. No Concept of development, however, can be complete unless and until it incorporates the gender component at …
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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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developing countries, but there is surprisingly little evidence on the effectiveness of such a policy. The gender gaps in …
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dimensions of financial literacy among the working young in urban India. While the influence of several factors such as gender …
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