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Education policies and practices : what have we learnt and the road ahead for Bihar
Ranjan, Priya; Prakash, Nishith - 2012
other states in India. It then performs a regression exercise using a panel data of Indian states to identify the correlates … accorded priority by the policymakers in Bihar. -- education ; enrollment ; out-of-school ; Bihar ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548073
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The labor/land ratio and India's caste system
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - 2012
This paper proposes that India's caste system and involuntary labor were joint responses by a nonworking landowning … rigidity over time and across regions of India. -- labor-to-land ratio ; population ; involuntary labor ; immobility ; value of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548081
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Monitoring costs, credit constraints and entrepreneurship
Banerji, Sanjay; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal - 2012
; household enterprises ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548201
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Female labour force participation and child education in India : the effect of the national rural employment guarantee scheme
Afridi, Farzana; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sahoo, Soham - 2012
We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548202
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Impact of industrialization on relative female survival : evidence from trade policies
Chakraborty, Tanika - 2012
This paper exploits an exogenous shift in the trade policy in India to study the impact of industrialization on son …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009549661
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Moving to segregation : evidence from 8 Italian cities
Boeri, Tito; De Philippis, Marta; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - 2012
We use a new dataset and a novel identification strategy to analyze the effects of residential segregation on the employment of migrants in 8 Italian cities. Our data, which are representative of the population of both legal and illegal migrants, allow us to measure segregation at the very local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620945
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Remember when it rained : the elusiveness of gender discrimination in Indian school enrollment
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
. -- rainfall ; gender discrimination ; school enrollment ; education ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620946
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Labor market impacts of a large-scale public works program : evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
Employment Guarantee Scheme ; NREGA ; NREGS ; India ; regression discontinuity design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621604
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It's a boy! : women and non-monetary benefits from a son in India
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621843
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Son preference and children's housework : the case of India
Lin, Tin-chi; Adserà, Alícia - 2012
Son preference in countries like India results in higher female infant mortality rates and differentially lower access …'s treatment. -- son preference ; child labor ; housework ; India ; National Family Health Survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009631454