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This paper studies the intergenerational persistence of industry in India. Using data from a nationally representative …
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This paper provides new evidence on the consequences of foetal exposure to high levels of pollution for the risk of stillbirth, and for the long-term health and labour market outcomes of those that survive. Variation in in utero exposure comes from a persistent weather system that affected...
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thus commentaries are welcome. The structure is based on the following topics: a) The employment policy (Time regimes …
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There is wide consensus that entrepreneurial talent is the ability to discover and exploit market opportunities by taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship requiring, in different proportions, the exploitation of...
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opportunities differ across workers determine simultaneously the long-run level of employment and the long-run rate of growth. We … rates but not necessarily less employment. The effects of redistributive policy measures among workers depend on the form of … redistribution. Subsidization of education increases employment and growth. Redistribution through the tax and benefit system or …
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This paper examines whether differences in welfare regimes shape the incentives to work and get educated. Using microeconomic data for more than 100,000 European individuals, the results show that welfare regimes make a difference for wages and education. First, people- and household-based...
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all children under coverage of Elementary Education, which sadly has not been possible yet in India. Policy makers have … India through some of its alternative, innovative, and flexible programs. In this paper we examine the performance of one of …
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India is a witness of regional disparities in many sphere of socio- economic development. On one side, world’s majority … of new billionaires are in India and on the another side, India has majority of poor people. Like that, in development … (education) in India with the emphasis on State wise analysis. The elasticity concept has used to study the relationship between …
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Primary completion rates of Muslims in West Bengal are substantially lower than that of upper caste communities as well as backward castes, scheduled castes and tribes. Further, analysis of age-specific pcr indicates that differences in pcr between Muslims and other communities may have actually...
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The low level of literacy within the Muslim community is traditionally explained in terms of the conservative values characterising Muslim society. Based on a field survey of slum dwellers in selected areas of Kolkata, this article argues that economic factors and uncertainties in the labour...
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