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Taking power : women's empowerment and household well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa
Annan, Jeannie; Donald, Aletheia; Goldstein, Markus P.; … - 2019
how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121195
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Effects over the life of a program : evidence from an education conditional cash transfer program for girls
Chhabra, Esha; Najeeb, Fatima; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2019
While most evaluations of education programs in developing countries examine effects one or two years after a program … are consistent with potential behavioral explanations, such as the program making girls' education salient to households … or catalyzing a shift in social norms around girls' education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168125
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Social Protection for Informal Workers: Insecurities, Instruments and Institutional Mechanisms
Unni, Jeemol; Rani, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper presents a broad definition of social protection to include basic securities, such as income, food, health and shelter, and economic securities including having income generating productive work. A conceptual framework is developed to analyse the causes of insecurities of informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543086
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Girls in Science and Technology Education: A Study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Nepal
Koirala, Dr. Vidya Nath; Acharya, Dr. Susan - eSocialSciences - 2010
was undertaken essentially to achieve four objectives, viz. to review curricular and research materials from gender lens …, identify stakeholders’ perspective towards girls’ access to and participation in Science and Technology Education (STE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493858
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Why do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - eSocialSciences - 2007
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. [IZA Discussion Paper No. 115].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170185
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Whither Human Capital? The Woeful Tale of Transition to Tertiary Education in India
Chakrabarty, Manisha; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2012
In this paper the issue of high dropout rates in India is examined which has adverse implications for human capital formation, and hence for the country’s long term growth potential. Using the 2004-05 National Sample Survey employment-unemployment survey data, transition probabilities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493973
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Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Tall and not so Tall Women of India
Viswanathan, Brinda; Sharma, Viney - eSocialSciences - 2011
New studies are increasingly appearing based on historical data across the world that better socio-economic status is associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult women. [WOrking Paper No. 41]. URL:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319341
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Looking Beyond Universal Primary Education: Gender Differences in Time Use among Children in Rural Bangladesh
Chandrasekhar, S.; Amin, Sajeda - eSocialSciences - 2010
regarding household influences on education. First, time spent in school is insensitive to factors such as poverty and gender …This paper addresses gender equity in parents‘ educational investments in children in a context of rising school … quality, attention should focus on household level private investments in education. By private investments we mean time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642452
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Does MBA education benefit women more than men? : a longitudinal study
Krishnan, Venkat R. - In: Gender in management : an international journal 37 (2022) 1, pp. 94-107
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Gaps in female labor participation and pay equity : the impact of cultural variables
Sidani, Yusuf Munir - In: Gender in management : an international journal 28 (2013) 7, pp. 424-440
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204704