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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:...
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done by CPRC in India. There is no map of chronic poverty in India, but have an approximate idea of numbers and communities …
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The discussion focusses on women in poverty their concentration in rural and urban areas, and the organisational …
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€™ experiences of poverty differ in important ways. It is also discussed how understanding the gender dimensions of chronic poverty … face in many country contexts, but also for tackling poverty more broadly. [Policy Brief No. 12]. …
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Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in India. Estimates suggest that more than 25 … explanations. A decomposition of missing women by age across the states of India is done. The state-wise variation in the … phenomenon in India. [BREAD Working Paper No. 326]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/326.pdf]. …
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The paper has the objective of viewing the condition of women in terms of freedom of choice, freedom and expression and right of privacy. Also it views violence against women.
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In this paper the issue of high dropout rates in India is examined which has adverse implications for human capital …
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This paper examines the socio-economic condition of women in India. The paper begins by delving into different forms of … violence faced by women in India, giving special attention to the work sphere and the political economic order, in order to …
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The essay is begun with a reference to a television programme on one of the Hindi news channels - titled Burqe me Atankvad which was telecast sometime in mid-2005. The complex and turmoil-ridden and tortuous interrelationship between gender, national and other multiple identities are explored....
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The present study attempts to see how a particular labour market, that is, domestic service, a traditionally male domain, became segregated both by gender and age in post partition West Bengal (WB) and mainly in its capital city Calcutta. [CESS WP 84].
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