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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
Jayachandran, Seema - eSocialSciences - 2014
Is the high degree of gender inequality in developing countries in education, personal autonomy, and more explained by underdevelopment itself? Or do the societies that are poor today hold certain cultural views that lead to gender inequality? This article discusses several mechanisms through...
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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark; Zhang, Junsen - eSocialSciences - 2012
Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic … development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493957
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China’s Rising Military Power and Its Implications
Liang, Jiao - eSocialSciences - 2012
The aim of this paper is to examine the driving forces behind China’s military modernization efforts followed by an assessment of the goals and foci of China’s military modernization at present and in the foreseeable future. The paper concludes with an analysis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133293
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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory
Woolcock, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2008
important, if often under-appreciated, steps to incorporate insights from social and political theory, but that these (hard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487729
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Addressing Extreme Poverty in a Sustainable Manner: Evidence from CFPR programme
Das, Narayan C; Misha, Farzana A - eSocialSciences - 2010
determination, confidence, social network, asset management skill, and hard work of the participant women are the key factors for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008500549
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Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on Small and Medium Enterprises in the People’s Republic of China
Liu, Xiangfeng - eSocialSciences - 2010
rising unemployment, weakened investment confidence, broken lines of funding, and reduced resources. [ADBI Working Paper 180] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008679108
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Propensity Score Matching Method in Quasi-Experimental Designs: An Approach to Program Evaluation of INHP-III
Gakhar, Kaushal Deep; Kapur, Vidhu; Kaur, Navneet - eSocialSciences - 2010
as use of experimental design entails creation of treatment and comparison group thereby providing benefits to some and … in construction of both treatment and comparison at baseline. This makes attribution of observed outcomes and impacts to … such alternative for addressing the concerns comparison and attribution. This paper is based on the case of Endline …
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Using Family Histories to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Chronic Poverty
Miller, Robert - eSocialSciences - 2007
A method of collecting family histories that would act as a means of linking households from the panel studies with individual life histories is proposed. The procedure used to construct a three-generation ‘social genealogical’ chart of the family and a strategy for interviewing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699094
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Property Rights and Intra-Household Bargaining
Wang, Shing-Yi - eSocialSciences - 2012
within the household. The question is analyzed in the context of a housing reform that occurred in China that gave existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945273
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Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 in Rural India
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Rural Development GOI - 2013
This booklet explains the SECC,2011, as it relates to rural India, and details the entire process in simple language. [Ministry of Rural Development]. URL:[http://rural.nic.in/sites/downloads/general/Caste_Census_book_indd.pdf].
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