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Growth of the Urban Shadow, Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities and Commuting by Workers in Rural and Urban India
Sharma, Ajay; Chandrasekhar, S. - eSocialSciences - 2014
Unlike migration, scant attention has been paid to the phenomenon of commuting by workers in developing countries. This … paper fills this gap by using a nationally representative data set from India to analyze factors that affect the decision of … workers to commute across rural and urban areas daily. [IGIDR WP-2014-015]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945465
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Rural Labor and Rural Nonagricultural Activities in the Philippines
Sanchez, Maria Teresa C - eSocialSciences - 2012
The study examines the different aspects of labor in the rural household economy. It identifies the factors that significantly determine the rural households' labor allocation decisions. Moreover, it also looks at how the availability and growth of rural nonagricultural employment opportunities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541433
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Mexican Swine Flu—A New Threat to Humanity
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2009
The article provides information pertaining to the recent outbreak of "swine flu", which has spread beyond Mexico and the US. The present study shows that the outbreak has lot to do with industrial farm animal production, which is becoming popular in the West.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250498
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Free Trade Agreement : A Campaign of Deception
Lee, Nicole - eSocialSciences - 2008
The paper analyzes the impact of Colombia,s free trade with USA on the economies of US and Colombia. It also discuses … the relationship between USA and Colombia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487767
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Establishing a Comprehensive Health Sector Response to Sexual Assault
CEHAT, ... - eSocialSciences - 2014
an initiative and is based on the data from the project. [CEHAT]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945403
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The Effects of Mortality on Fertility: Population Dynamics after a Natural Disaster
Nobles, Jenna; Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Thomas, Duncan - eSocialSciences - 2014
population-representative multilevel longitudinal data, a behavioral fertility response to mortality exposure is identified, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945407
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Climate Variability and Internal Migration: A Test on Indian Inter-State Migration
Dallmann, Ingrid; Millock, Katrin - eSocialSciences - 2013
Migration data is matched from the Indian census with climate data to test the hypothesis of climate variability as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945457
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Statistics in the Reserve Bank of India
Mohanty, Deepak - eSocialSciences - 2014
RBI has taken several steps to improve the processing of data. Information system will also be enhanced very soon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945491
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Migration and Poverty in India: A Multi-Patterned and Complex Reality
Shah, Amita; Kumar, Animesh - eSocialSciences - 2013
data collected from rural households in major states in the country. Policy implications are also discussed. [CPRC]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945526
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Pollution Across Chinese Provinces
Co, Catherine Yap; Kong, Fanying; Lin, Shuanglin - eSocialSciences - 2008
The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is revisited using 1987-1995 data for Chinese provinces. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341719