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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466284
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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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Child Development, the Life Course, and Social Exclusion: Are the Frameworks Used in the UK Relevant for Developing Countries?
Hobcraft, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
It is suggested that there are several aspects of the social exclusion approach that are valuable in both the UK and developing country contexts. A summary of research on the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage drawing especially from work on the UK birth cohorts of 1958 and 1970....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170144
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From Theory to Practice: Translating Research into Health Outcomes
Medicine, PLoS - eSocialSciences - 2008
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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487837
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Controlling Money and Politics – An Exercise in Damage Control
Walecki, Marcin - eSocialSciences - 2008
Whether there should be transparency in political finance? Whether there should be a control over the money that the political parties are receiving?
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699083
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Vital Stats: Parliament in the Monsoon Session 2013
Malik, Kusum; Kala, Mandira; Vaishnava, Saumya - eSocialSciences - 2013
files related to the allocation of coal blocks, border security issues with Pakistan and China, and the current economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945254
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The Lancang-Mekong River Basin: Reflections on Cooperation Mechanisms Pertaining to a Shared Watercourse
Sunchindah, Apichai - eSocialSciences - 2013
The ambitious development plans for the Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB) could have serious environmental, social, cultural and even geopolitical ramifications that could in turn destabilise the Mekong Subregion (MS). On the premise that frameworks for regional cooperation offer a viable route...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945328
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Health, Height, Height Shrinkage and SES at Older Ages: Evidence from China
Huang, Wei; Lei, Xiaoyan; Ridder, Geert; Strauss, John; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measured height of the older individuals is contaminated by height shrinkage from aging. Height shrinkage, in turn may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945489
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BCIM Economic Corridor: Prospects and Challenges
Sahoo, Pravakar; Bhunia, Abirup; Dhankar, Sonali - eSocialSciences - 2014
Given the commonalities in terms of history, culture, languages and trade complementarity in many cases, the Bangladesh-China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945548