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Fields, Gary - 2013

Various development objectives are worthy, but to my mind, one objective dominates all others: reducing the scourge of absolute economic misery in the world. In this paper, I focus on an important but relatively underemphasized approach to poverty reduction: helping the poor earn more in the...

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A Labor Market Approach to the Crisis of Health Care Professionals in Africa

Andalon, Mabel - 2011

This paper adopts a labor market economics perspective to understanding the crisis of health care professionals in Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a distributional challenge, a performance challenge, and a...

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A Theoretical Model of the Chinese Labor Market

Fields, Gary - 2013

system (hukou). The major existing theoretical models of employment and development – the Lewis model, the integrated labor …

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Job Creation in a Multi-Sector Labor Market Model for Developing Economies

Basu, Arnab K. - 2016

three heterogeneities – heterogeneity within self‐employment, heterogeneity in ability, and heterogeneity in age. We revisit … an iconic paradox in a class of multi‐sector labor market models in which the creation of high‐wage employment … in two distinct inverted U‐shaped relationships between unemployment and high‐wage employment, one for youth and a …

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State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Executive Summary

Prakash, Padma; IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2013

The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills developed and produced by IRIS Knowledge …

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Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India: Report of the Committee on Angel Investment and Early Stage Venture Capital

Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2012

Even though the economic and social benefits of thriving entrepreneurship and innovation are evident, it is critical to recognize that these benefits will only accrue if the key gaps in the ecosystem are addressed. Five key areas that an entrepreneur would need to address on a priority basis are...

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Jobs and Livelihoods Mapping the Landscape

IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2014

wage informal employment, and scarcity of decent regular wage employment. The collection of essays discuss the labour … that skill development, inclusion of women, agricultural employment and social security need special focus. The articles … and employment. …

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High Level Expert Group Report on Universal Health Coverage for India

Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2011

The recommendations that follow take cognizance of the extraordinary opportunities that India offers â€“ and the possibility for India to take a lead in introducing a well-designed UHC system that is eminently suited to the needs and resources of countries at a similar level of development....

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Minimum Wages And Poverty

Kanbur, Ravi; Fields, Gary - eSocialSciences - 2005

Textbook analysis tells us that in a competitive labor market, the introduction of a minimum wage above the competitive equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in...

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An Approach to the 11th Five Year Plan: Towards Faster and More Inclusive Growth

Commission, Planning - eSocialSciences - 2006

The 11th Plan provides an opportunity to restructure policies to achieve a new vision of growth that will be much more broad based and inclusive, bringing about a faster reduction in poverty and helping bridge the divides that are currently the focus of so much attention. The first steps in this...

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