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In search of gender bias in household resource allocation in rural China
Song, Lina (contributor) - 2008
This paper tests three hypotheses concerning intra-household resource allocation in rural China. First, whether increasing the women's bargaining power alters household expenditure patterns. Second, whether households allocate fewer resources to daughters than to sons. Third, whether increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688809
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Migrant labor markets and the welfare of rural households in the developing world : evidence from China
De Brauw, Alan; Giles, John - 2012
In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in barriers to migration on the consumption of households in rural China. We find that increased migration from rural villages leads to significant increases in consumption per capita, and that this effect is stronger for poorer households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575147
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414802
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Was the mandal commission right? : living standard differences between backward classes and other social groups in India
Gang, Ira N. (contributor); Sen, Kunal (contributor);  … - 2008
Affirmative action has been at the heart of public policies towards the socially disadvantaged in India. Compensatory …
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Public and private sector jobs, unreported income and consumption gap in India : evidence from micro-data
Kar, Saibal; Roy, Poulomi; Saha, Sarani - 2012
This paper tries to document the presence of unreported income among public sector employees in India. We investigate … regression ; India …
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Consumption and social identity : evidence from India
Khamis, Melanie; Prakash, Nishith; Siddique, Zahra - 2010
distinctive social identities in India, where social identities are defined by caste and religious affiliations. The … classification of such items was done by eliciting responses to a survey in India. We match the results of our survey with nationally … result of the status signaling nature of such consumption items. -- households ; consumption ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315294
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Microeconomic determinants of domestic tourism expenditure in India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2022
Using a nationally representative household survey from India, we examine individuals' domestic tourism participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187175
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A shot at economic prosperity : long-term effects of India's childhood immunization program on earnings and consumption expenditure
Summan, Amit; Nandi, Arindam; Bloom, David E. - 2022
the long-term economic benefits of India's national program of childhood vaccinations, known as the Universal Immunization … Programme (UIP). We combine individual-level data from the 68th round of the National Sample Survey of India (2011–2012) with …
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The impact of employment quotas on the economic lives of disadvantaged minorities in India
Prakash, Nishith - 2020
India has the world's biggest and arguably most aggressive employment-based affirmative action policy for minorities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012313957
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Household access to microcredit and children's food security in rural Malawi : a gender perspective
Hazarika, Gautam (contributor);  … - 2008
Using data from the 1995 Malawi Financial Markets and Food Security Survey, this study seeks to discover if women's relative control over household resources or intra-household bargaining power in rural Malawi, gauged by their access to microcredit, plays a role in children's food security,...
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