farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a … India faced lower educational mobility compared with the sons in rural China in the 1970s to 1990s. To understand the role … solely to genetic correlations in China, but not in India. Father's nonfarm occupation was complementary to his education in …

We study the impact of loan regulation in rural India on child labor with an overlapping-generations model of formal … household types. -- child labor ; India ; informal lending ; lending discrimination ; interest rate caps …

credit has still remained scarce in India. Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) working at grass-root level, having … institution. The present study examines the recovery performance of rural credit given by PACS in six different regions of India … Bank of India in collaboration with State Governments. …

associated with sharp reductions in marital violence. -- Domestic violence ; employment status ; property ownership ; India …

This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases …-participants relative to women in untreated districts. -- women's empowerment ; community-level interventions ; impact evaluation ; India …

the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct …-strand programs can help to explain the paradox as to why nearly 100 million women (in India alone) have participated in self help …

minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the … quota ; occupational choice ; skill ; caste ; India …

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …