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Effect of political decentralization and female leadership on institutional births and child mortality in rural Bihar, India
Kumar, Santosh; Prakash, Nishith - 2017
institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a …
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Skills training and employment outcomes in rural Bihar
Chakravorty, Bhaskar; Bedi, Arjun Singh - 2017
participation in and the impact of one of these programs (DDUJKY) located in rural Bihar, one of India's poorest states. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709385
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Education policies and practices : what have we learnt and the road ahead for Bihar
Ranjan, Priya; Prakash, Nishith - 2012
This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to … current policies in the field of education in Bihar. Finally, it makes a case for several policy initiatives that should be … accorded priority by the policymakers in Bihar. -- education ; enrollment ; out-of-school ; Bihar ; India …
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The effect of early childhood development program attendance on future school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India
Hazarika, Gautam; Viren, Vejoya - 2010
schooling. Analysis of data from the World Bank's 1997-98 Survey of Living Conditions in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar yields the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011584
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Cycling to school : increasing secondary school enrollment for girls in India
Muralidharan, Karthik; Prakash, Nishith - 2013
We study the impact of an innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar that aimed to reduce the gender gap in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793460
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Marketmaking middlemen
Gautier, Pieter; Hu, Bo; Watanabe, Makoto - 2016
This paper develops a model in which market structure is determined endogenously by the choice of intermediation mode. We consider two representative business modes of intermediation that are widely used in real-life markets: one is a middleman mode where an intermediary holds inventories which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526728
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Are labor supply decisions consistent with neoclassical preferences? : evidence from Indian boat owners
Gine, Xavier; Martinez-Bravo, Monica; Vidal-Fernandez, … - 2016
This paper studies the labor supply of South Indian boat owners using daily labor participation decisions of 249 boat owners during seven years. We test the standard neoclassical model of labor supply and find that boat owners' labor participation depends positively on expected earnings but also...
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On the quantity and quality of girls : new evidence on abortion, fertility, and parental investments
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2016
The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys, and the relative chances of girls surviving...
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Caste, ethnicity and poverty in rural India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002
This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The incidence of poverty among SC and ST households is significantly higher than non-scheduled households....
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Why do Indian children work, and is it bad for them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2000
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. The complex interactions uncovered by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415593