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Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
Maitra, Pushkar; Mani, Subha - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper estimates the short-and-medium-run effects of participating in a sub- sidized vocational training program aimed at improving labor market outcomes of women residing in low-income households in a developing country. [IGC working paper].
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Workforce Development in India: Policies and Practices
Majumdar, Shyamal - eSocialSciences - 2008
The task of workforce development in India faces the changing realities of globalization and competitiveness, on one hand, and the need for inclusive growth on the other. This report focuses on the issues, practices, challenges, and policy directions for workforce development in India,...
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The Impact of Slum Resettlement on Urban Integration in Mumbai: The Case of the Chandivali Project
Vaquier, Damien - eSocialSciences - 2010
also discuses the issue of availability and choice of employment as a key driver towards socio-economic urban integration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008594116
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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of Salary: Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - eSocialSciences - 2010
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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Employment Promoting Growth in Bangladesh: Monetary and Financial Sector Issues
Mujeri, Mustafa. K. - eSocialSciences - 2009
into satisfactory poverty reduction. The type of growth that matters Bangladesh is the one that creates employment … opportunities especially for the poor. In Bangladesh, monetary policy can create better employment opportunities with a well …
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Informalization of Industrial Labour in India: Are labour market rigidities and growing import competition to blame?
Goldar, Bishwanath - eSocialSciences - 2010
: rising share of the unorganized sector in manufacturing employment and informalization of the organized manufacturing sector … in India. An econometric model is estimated for this purpose using unit level data of the NSS 61st round employment … casual employment among workers with education above primary. The results also show that education enhances the probability …
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance …
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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001
Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper tries to focus on the method to assess the magnitude of short/seasonal migration based on its broad characteristics. It attempts to analyse the contrasting characteristics of short duration and permanent migration. The study applies the widely recognised demographic technique of...
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The Medium Run Effects of Educational Expansion: Evidence from a Large School Construction Program in Indonesia
Duflo, Esther - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper studies the medium run consequences of an increase in the rate of accumulation of human capital in a developing country. From 1974 to 1978, the Indonesian government built over 61,000 primary schools. The school construction program led to an increase in education among individuals...
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Much Ado about Nothing…Budget for Children a Mere Lip Service! India Fails to Protect its Children Once Again
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2013
Share of Dudget for Children in the Union Budget. [HAQCRC]. URL:[http://www.haqcrc.org/sites/default/files/BfC%20Analysis%202013-14-1.pdf]
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