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Do Business Groups Help or Hinder Technological Progress in Emerging Markets? Evidence from India
Bhaumik, Sumon K. - 2014
Business groups, which are ubiquitous in emerging market economies, balance the advantages of characteristics such as internal capital markets with the disadvantages such as inefficient internal distribution of resources and suppression of technological and other forms of innovativeness. In this...
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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2009
The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
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Occupational Dualism and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in the Rural Economy : Evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe - 2020
farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a … India faced lower educational mobility compared with the sons in rural China in the 1970s to 1990s. To understand the role … solely to genetic correlations in China, but not in India. Father's nonfarm occupation was complementary to his education in …
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Partial privatization and firm performance
Gupta, Nandini - 2002
Most privatization programs begin with a period of partial privatization in which only non-controlling shares of firms are sold on the stock market. Since management control is not transferred to private owners it is widely contended that partial privatization has little impact on firm behavior....
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What can be learned about the economies of China and India from purchasing power comparisons?
Heston, Alan W. - 2008
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in … China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank … currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the …
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A tripolar century: USA, China and India
Virmani, Arvind (contributor) - 2005
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Accounting for Differences in Female Labor Force Participation between China and India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2019
Although, the male labor force participation rate is comparable in China and India, female labor force participation …
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Innovation (and upgrading) in the automobile industry : the case of India
Ray, Saon; Miglani, Smita - 2016
countries, especially China. In contrast to China, India has relied more on home-grown lead firms to propel its industry. A … disadvantage of this approach is that the absorption of global best practices has been slower than in China. Though capable of end …
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India's platform economy and emerging regulatory challenges
Kathuria, Rajat; Kedia, Mansi; Bagchi, Kaushambi - 2021
The phenomenal rise of the platform economy has reshaped how economies operate across the world. The importance of digital platforms has never been more evident than in combatting the ongoing corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic. Even with the threat of a global recession looming large, technology...
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Informal Sector and Corruption : An Empirical Investigation for India
Dutta, Nabamita - 2011
India is a country characterized by a huge informal sector. At the same time, it is a country where the extent of corruption in every sector is remarkably high. Stifling bureaucratic interference and corruption at every stage of economic activities is one of the main reasons behind high...
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