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A Century of Work and Leisure
Ramey, Valerie; Francis, Neville - eSocialSciences - 2006
Has leisure increased over the last century? Standard measures of hours worked suggest that it has. In this paper, we … develop a comprehensive measure of non-leisure hours that includes market work, home production, commuting and schooling for …. Finally, leisure per capita is approximately the same now as it was in 1900 [NBER WP No. 12264]. …
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Draft National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2012
The National Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Policy reaffirms the commitment of the Government of India to provide integrated services for holistic development of all children, along the continuum, from the prenatal period to six years of age. The Policy lays down the way forward for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010542221
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The Gender Gap in Mathematics: Evidence from Low-and-Middle Income Countries
Bharadwaj, Prashant; Giorgi, Giacomo de; Hansen, David; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
Is there a gender gap in mathematics across many low- and middle-income countries? A detailed, comparable test score data is used to analyze this. Micro level data on school performance linked to household demographics shows that the gender gap appears to increase with age. It is shown that...
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The Impact of Parental Death on Child Well-being: Evidence from the Indian Ocean Tsunami
Gas, Ava Gail; Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Suriastini, Wayan; … - eSocialSciences - 2013
Identifying the impact of parental death on the well-being of children is complicated because parental death is likely to be correlated with other, unobserved, factors that affect child well-being. Population-representative longitudinal data collected in Aceh, Indonesia, before and after the...
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Analytic and Strategic Review Paper: International Perspectives on Early Child Development
Maggi, Stefania; Irwin, Lori G.; Siddiqi, Arjumand; … - eSocialSciences - 2006
The present work builds on the affirmed desire of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) to be judged on both its scientific rigor and the policy implications that the Commission’s work will generate. It contributes to the general discussion on the social determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341696
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Thinking 'Small' and the Understanding of Poverty: Maymana and Mofizul's Story
Hulme, David - eSocialSciences - 2009
Much recent thinking on poverty and poverty reduction is ‘big’ in terms of its ideas, units of analysis, datasets, plans and ambitions. While recognising some of the benefits of such approaches this paper argues that researchers should counterbalance this through ‘thinking...
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Book Review: Inside the Indian Family
Patel, Tulsi - eSocialSciences - 2008
Review of: Democracy in the Family: Insights from India. Edited by Joy Deshmukh-Randive Sage Publications. New Delhi …
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Populations at Risk: Other End of Youth Bulge
Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2011
While there is much written on the youth bulge in developing countries, little is being done to address the problems of the elderly. And yet demographically, it is this section that is showing high growth rates.
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The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010
eSocialSciences; Parliamentary Research Service PRS - 2011
A bill to lay down judicial standards and provide for accountability of judges and establish credible and expedient mechanism for investigating into individual complaints for misbehaviour or incapacity of a judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court and to regulate procedure for such...
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The Impact of Slum Resettlement on Urban Integration in Mumbai: The Case of the Chandivali Project
Vaquier, Damien - eSocialSciences - 2010
The paper studies the socio-economic impact of the shift of slum dwellers to new rehabilitation site of Chandivali. It also discuses the issue of availability and choice of employment as a key driver towards socio-economic urban integration.
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