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within the household. The question is analyzed in the context of a housing reform that occurred in China that gave existing …
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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 …
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Commenting on recent research articles which look at the potential health benefits of behaviour change, the PLoS Medicine Editors say that publication of the findings of such research is only one part of the behaviour-change process.
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women seeking routine ANC care at the study hospital, who satisfied eligibility criteria was screened for physical abuse …
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India represents a sharp contrast to China in the small size of its goods trade. Although India’s GDP is a third that … of China, its global trade is only about 12 percent as large while its trade with United States is less than 10 percent … as large. Even more striking, Japan’s trade with India is less than 5 percent of its trade with China. The large U …
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In this context, higher education as well as research and development (R&D) have long since ceased to be purely the domain of the developed Western economies. Numerous regions of the world, some in the emerging markets in particular – the often-cited BRIC countries – are catching...
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The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].
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Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations Development Program. Population share of the genders enter the formulation of these indicators in such a way that it favours the better performing gender. This can lead to...
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In a remote tribal village of Kandhamal District of Orissa, where there there are visible signs of empowerment of women … due to the formation of SHG in the village. The confidence level of women, who are illiterate, has gone up substantially … and the process has changed the man-woman equation. In economic terms, women are now able to help their counterparts …
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The poor women in developing countries are burdened with the dual responsibility of taking care of housework and the … are characterized by low incomes and high levels of insecurity. There is a need to address the economic needs of the women …
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