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Basu, Kaushik; Guha, Ashok - eSocialSciences - 2009

The paper argues that economism and, in particular, the individual drive to maximize utility and amass profit are not …

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Factors Influencing the Performance of Indian and Chinese Software Firms

Nollen, Stanley; Siddharthan, N.S. - eSocialSciences - 2008

This paper analyses the determinants of growth and profit behaviour of the Chinese and Indian IT Software firms. …

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Early Childhood Education

Reeta, Sonawat - eSocialSciences - 2007

profit from schooling during this period. Enriched environment is to be provided for the receptive mind of the child. …

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Impact of Organized Retailing on the Unorganized Sector

Joseph, Mathew; Soundararajan, Nirupama; Gupta, Manisha; … - eSocialSciences - 2008

The study has indicated how consumers and farmers benefit from organized retailers. The study has also examined the impact on intermediaries and manufacturers. The results are indicative of the mega-and-mini- metro cities around a limited number of organized retail outlets. Based on the results...

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Review of Philippine Migration Laws and Regulations Gains, Gaps, Prospects

Ambito, Julyn S - eSocialSciences - 2012

The Philippines has often been cited as the global model in managing international labor migration. Despite the complexity of our management infrastructure, however, some gaps still remain. This paper reviews the Philippine legal and administrative framework governing the recruitment,...

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Productivity Response to a Contract Change

Jayaraman, Rajshri; Ray, Debraj; VÂ´ericourt, Francis de - eSocialSciences - 2014

This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change. The setting is a tea plantation in India. The activity in question is tea-plucking, the output from which is measurable and contractible. Payments to pluckers consist of a baseline wage, along with piece rates per kilogram of...

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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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Gender Pay Gap in the Formal Sector: 2006 - 2013: Preliminary Evidence from Paycheck India Data

Varkkey, Biju; Korde, Rupa - eSocialSciences - 2013

This report aims at quantifying the magnitude of gender-based disparities that women face in the organized sector of the Indian labour market, and track their progress over time. The extent of the gender pay gap is measured on various parameters such as age, educational qualifications, industry,...

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Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle

Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - eSocialSciences - 2014

The effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages are analysed over the course … of the agricultural production cycle. It is shown theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the …-stage wages. Indian household panel data describing early-season migration and district-level planting- and harvest-stage wages …

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Impact of Liberalisation on Wages and Employment in Indian Manufacturing Industries

Banga, Rashmi - eSocialSciences - 2007

technology on wages and employment in Indian organised manufacturing industries in the post reforms period [WP No. 153] …

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