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Labour Regulation and Employment Dynamics at the State Level in India

Dougherty, Sean - 2008

Over the past decade, labour market outcomes have improved in India, with net employment rising markedly for the economy as a whole. However, these gains have arisen primarily in the unorganized and informal sectors of the economy, where productivity and wages are generally much lower than in...

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Raising the Economic Participation of Women in India : A New Growth Engine?

Sorsa, Piritta - 2015

Economic participation of women in the labour force or as entrepreneurs is low compared to peers and has declined over the past decades despite strong growth. The gap with men is over 50%--the largest among key emerging markets. Participation declines with higher education achievements and...

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Determinants of the Low Female Labour Force Participation in India

Sorsa, Piritta; Mares, Jan; Didier, Mathilde; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

The low and declining female labour force participation rate in India despite strong growth over the past decade is puzzling and stands out among emerging markets. At the same time greater economic participation of women can be a source of inclusive growth, and wellbeing. Assessing determinants...

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Raising the Economic Participation of Women in India: A New Growth Engine?

Sorsa, Piritta - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

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Determinants of Female Entrepreneurship in India

Daymard, Arnaud - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

This paper examines the nature and determinants of female entrepreneurship in India based on survey data. The first … part assesses basic characteristics of female entrepreneurship in India, while the subsequent sections analyse key … determinants of female entrepreneurship based on the literature, and test their importance at the state level in India with the …

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Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work and Fertility

Fernández, Raquel; Fogli, Alessandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We study the effect of culture on important economic outcomes by using the 1970 Census to examine the work and fertility behaviour of women 30-40 years old, born in the US, but whose parents were born elsewhere. We use past female labour force participation and total fertility rates from the...

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The Economic Impact of Social Ties: Evidence from German Reunification

Burchardi, Konrad B.; Hassan, Tarek - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent...

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Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that...

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Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the US

Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper addresses the question: why and where do immigrants cluster? We examine the relative importance and interaction of two alternative explanations of immigrant clustering: (1) network externalities and (2) herd behavior. We advance the theory by presenting a framework encompassing both...

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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans

Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The willingness to migrate and locational choice may be influenced by others’ choices or plans, particularly if the ‘other people’, such as family and friends, are migrants, former migrants, or potential migrants themselves. We examine the roles ‘other people’ play in influencing an...

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