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We study the effects of explosive growth in the Bangladeshi ready-made garments industry on the lives on Bangladeshi women. We compare the marriage, childbearing, school enrollment and employment decisions of women who gain greater access to garment sector jobs to women living further away from...
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After the tragic factory collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, both the direct reforms and indirect responses of retailers have plausibly affected workers in the Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. These responses included a minimum wage increase, high profile but voluntary audits, and an...
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This paper focuses on how the forces of globalisation, specifically the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), have affected women's wages in the apparel sector in developing countries. Using household and labour force surveys from Cambodia and Sri Lanka, we find large positive wage premiums and a...
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In this paper, I estimate the inter-generational health impact of maternal employment opportunities using evidence from the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh. This industry was exposed to a trade liberalization policy in 2005, which generated spatial and temporal variation in the...
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resource management systems at two garment factories manufacturing for export in India. They make the same product for the same … management ; labor productivity ; labor standards ; India ; garments …
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associated with sharp reductions in marital violence. -- Domestic violence ; employment status ; property ownership ; India …
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labour market. A unique, rich and representative data survey for all Indian states and rural India (NFHS-2, 1998-1999) allows … married women aged 15 to 49. Our results for urban and rural India show that the FP effect is significant in rural India, that … India, we compare this effect with that one of Governmental Policies (GP) supporting household income and promoting …
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This paper investigates the impact of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality in India and investigates likely … is driven by non-agricultural income. -- Infant mortality ; income volatility ; business cycles ; India ; health care …
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states and for urban and rural India (NFHS-2, 1998/9), we select our sample drawing information from the household data set … children have a higher probability to work. -- Child labour ; education ; women's work ; time allocation ; India …
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We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …
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