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Economics of civil conflict : evidence from the Punjab insurgency

Prakarsh Singh - 2016

The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on … the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an … insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the reasons for why Punjab suffered such a prolonged and bloody insurgency …

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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

This paper examines the effect of prior participation in early childhood developmental programs, considered endogenous, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less developed countries recent influential research on the...

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Behavior change for early childhood nutrition : effectiveness of health worker training depends on maternal information in a randomized control trial

Prakarsh Singh; Masters, William Alan - 2016

We carry out a randomized control trial to test for interaction effects between training state-employed caregivers and providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are supposed to provide a mid-day meal and also advise...

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The elite and the marginalised : an analysis of public spending on mass education in the Indian States

Pal, Sarmistha (contributor); Ghosh, Sugata (contributor) - 2008

In the context of strikingly low literacy rates among Indian women and low caste population, the paper explores whether and how far the interests of the marginalized poor are undermined by the dominant elite consisting mainly of the landed and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite...

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Caste based discrimination : evidence and policy

Siddique, Zahra (contributor) - 2008

Caste-based quotas in hiring have existed in the public sector in India for decades. Recently there has been debate about introducing similar quotas in private sector jobs. This paper uses an audit study to determine the extent of caste-based discrimination in the Indian private sector. On...

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Union membership effect on wage premiums : evidence from organized manufacturing industries in India

Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor) - 2008

Trade unionism is a legislative system of organizing workers and raising voices for economic and social goods. As the process of global integration deepens the labour market become more flexible and fragmented, rendering collective organization more and more difficult. In this backdrop, the...

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Steering towards the high road: a study of human resource management in two Indian garment factories

Lake, Henrietta (contributor) - 2007

What are the performance benefits of investing in human resources in a low-cost labor environment where returns to such investment are widely perceived as negligible? This paper presents a matched pair case study on the performance effect of human resource management systems at two garment...

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Earnings differences between Chinese and Indian wage earners, 1987 - 2004

Bargain, Olivier; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Chakrabarty, Manisha - 2008

This paper is one of the first comprehensive attempts to compare earnings in urban China and India over the recent period. While both economies have grown considerably, we illustrate significant cross-country differences in wage growth since the late 1980s. For this purpose, we make use of...

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'Arranged' marriage, co-residence and female schooling : a model with evidence from India

Dasgupta, Indraneel (contributor); … - 2008

We model the consequences of parental control over choice of wives for sons, for parental incentives to educate daughters, when the marriage market exhibits competitive dowry payments and altruistic but paternalistic parents benefit from having married sons live with them. By choosing uneducated...

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Child work and schooling costs in rural Northern India

Hazarika, Gautam (contributor); … - 2006

It is widely held that work by children obstructs schooling, so that working children in impoverished families will find it difficult to escape poverty. If children's school attendance and work were highly substitutable activities, it would be advisable to quell work in the interest of schooling...

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