has been undertaken in the context of conflict-prone multi-religious societies like the one in India. We address this … lacuna in the literature by examining the differences in the average (log) earnings of Hindu and Muslim wage earners in India …, during the 1987-2005 period. Our results indicate that education differences between Hindu and Muslim wage earners …

a training. Among randomly assigned groups of street-food vendors in Kolkata, India, we find large improvements in …

high-skill) migration is becoming the dominant pattern of international migration and a major aspect of globalization. We … Indian diaspora in the development of India's IT sector. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the analysis … for education, immigration, and international taxation policies in a global context. -- brain drain ; international …

. -- labour use ; employment ; adjustment ; globalization ; manufacturing ; India …, which evolved through structural transformation in the era of globalization. The analysis is based on a dynamic model …

This paper considers education investment and public education subsidies in closed and open economies with an … extortionary government. The extortionary government in a closed economy has incentives to subsidize education in order to overcome … their education policies if highly productive labor is fully mobile. Extortionary governments' incentives for education …

We study the surprisingly low level and stagnation of female labor force participation rates in urban India between … 1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force …'s education, stigmas against educated women engaging in menial work, and falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the …

Unlike the global trend, India has witnessed a secular decline in women's employment rates over the past few decades … in this rate in 1999-2009. Our findings underscore increasing education levels amongst rural married women and the men in … affected female labor force participation rates in India. …

This paper investigates whether aspirations matter for education, which offers a common route out of poverty. We find … attending private education. These results are confirmed for outcomes at age 15. The findings provide direct evidence on the … contribution of mother aspirations to children's education outcomes and point to aspirations as a channel of intergenerational …