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Air pollution and agricultural productivity in a developing country

Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023

I document negative externalities of air pollution in the Indian agricultural sector. Using variation in pollution induced by changes in wind across years, I show that higher levels of pollution lead to decreased agricultural productivity, with large changes in productivity being common. The...

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Asabiyya : re-interpreting value change in globalized societies

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009

This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to analyze the connections between some dimensions of...

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Migration and cultural change

Rapoport, Hillel; Sardoschau, Sulin; Silve, Arthur - 2021

We propose a novel perspective on migration and cultural change by asking both theoretically and empirically - and from a global viewpoint - whether migration is a source of cultural convergence or divergence between home and host countries. Our theoretical model derives distinctive testable...

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Globalization and social change : gender-specific effects of trade liberalization in Indonesia

Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Pieters, Janneke; Sparrow, Robert - 2017

We analyse the gender-specific effects of trade liberalization on work participation and hours of work and primary participation in domestic duties in Indonesia. We show that female work participation increased in relative terms in regions that were more exposed to input tariff reductions,...

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Do family planning programmes help women's employment? : The case of Indian mothers

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia (contributor); … - 2007

labour market. A unique, rich and representative data survey for all Indian states and rural India (NFHS-2, 1998-1999) allows … married women aged 15 to 49. Our results for urban and rural India show that the FP effect is significant in rural India, that … India, we compare this effect with that one of Governmental Policies (GP) supporting household income and promoting …

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Drought of opportunities : contemporaneous and long-term impacts of rainfall shocks on human capital

Shah, Manisha; Steinberg, Bryce Millett - 2015

scores and schooling from rural India, we show that higher wages increase human capital investment in early life (in utero to …

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Globalization, brain drain and development

Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011

Indian diaspora in the development of India's IT sector. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the analysis …

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Labour use and its adjustment in Indian manufacturing industries

Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor); … - 2005

. -- labour use ; employment ; adjustment ; globalization ; manufacturing ; India …

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Entitled to property: inheritance laws, female bargaining power, and child health in India

Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2021

to unmarried women in India, on child height. We find robust evidence that the HSAA improved the height and weight of …

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Looking back on the lessons of "higher education and developing countries: peril and promise" : perspectives on China and India

Bloom, David E.; Altbach, Philip G.; Rosovsky, Henry - 2016

focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …

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