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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
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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
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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....
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013: A Generation at Risk
eSocialSciences; International Labour Organisation ILO - 2014
This issue of Global Employment Trends for Youth provides an update on youth labour markets around the world, focusing both on the continuing labour market crisis and on structural issues in youth labour markets. The report provides an overview of youth labour markets at the global and regional...
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Role of Science & Technology, Higher Education and Research in Regional Socio-Economic Development
Shukla, Rajesh; Kakar, Preeti - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper is an attempt to focus on the role of Science and Technology (S&T) on regional development of India by considering 21 Indian states. The Index approach using the Principal Component technique has been adopted. For analysing the impact, a set of three indices focussing on Current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980012
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Mumbai/Shanghai: Prospects/Problems--Imitating Global, Failing Local
Sharma, Kalpana - eSocialSciences - 2006
Do we aspire to be a ‘global’ city like Shanghai, with all the spit and polish to attract foreign investors by the drove? Or can we aim to be a city with a sustainable plan for its development – one that marries ecology with economy? Is it more important for us to forge links...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487795
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The Wealth of Cities: Towards an Assets-based Development of Newly Urbanizing Regions
Freidman, John - eSocialSciences - 2006
The argument in this paper is in four parts: First, the author suggests that we can no longer treat cities apart from the regions surrounding them with which they are intensively entwined. Second, the paper critically examines the current policy consensus that a city’s future rests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487800
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Migrants' Private Giving and Development: Diasporic Influences on Development in Central Gujarat, India
Guha, Puja - eSocialSciences - 2013
The paper addresses the migration-development debate by developing a framework for understanding who are the migrants, what they are sending back, and how these transfers are being utilised in the local economy. It argues that the social backgrounds and migration histories of migrants –...
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From Monasteries to Multinationals (and Back): A Historical Review of the Beer Economy
Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - eSocialSciences - 2011
This article reviews beer production, consumption and the industrial organization of breweries throughout history. Monasteries were the centers of the beer economy in the early Middle Ages. Innovation and increased demand later induced the growth of commercial breweries. Globalization and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318514
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Determinants for the Demand and Supply of Texile Exports of Pakistan
Latif, Rabia; Javid, Attiya Yasmin - eSocialSciences - 2014
series data for the period 1972– 2010. Eight trading partners (US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, Japan, Spain and UAE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133256