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A Distributional Analysis of the Public-Private Wage Differential in India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2010
We investigate the public-private wage differential in India using nationally representative micro data. While the …
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Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Howard, Larry L. - 2011
minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …
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Consumption and Social Identity : Evidence from India
Khamis, Melanie - 2014
distinctive social identities in India, where social identities are defined by caste and religious affiliations. The … classification of such items was done by eliciting responses to a survey in India. We match the results of our survey with nationally …
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Cycling to School : Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India
Muralidharan, Karthik - 2013
We study the impact of an innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar that aimed to reduce the gender gap in secondary school enrollment by providing girls who continued to secondary school with a bicycle that would improve access to school. Using data from a large representative household...
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The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities : Evidence from India
Chin, Aimee - 2009
state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India that arises from national policies that cause …
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Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India
Kumar, Santosh - 2017
institutional births and child mortality in the state of Bihar, India. Using the difference-in-differences methodology, we find a …
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Can Elected Minority Representatives Affect Health Worker Visits? Evidence from India
Kaletski, Elizabeth - 2014
, and health worker visits in rural India. We estimate the effect of minority representation on the frequency of visits to … legislative assemblies mandated by the Constitution of India. Using data from state and village level surveys on fifteen major …
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Girls for Sale? Child Sex Ratio and Girls Trafficking in India
Prakash, Nishith - 2014
increasing preference for son and neglect for daughters. Multiple reports point to India as country confronted with both higher … sex ratio and shortage of girls is associated with their illegal trafficking in India. Using panel data of 29 Indian …
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Does Political Reservation for Minorities Affect Child Labor? Evidence from India
Kaletski, Elizabeth - 2014
Scheduled Tribes – on child labor in India. We estimate the effect of political reservation on child labor by exploiting the … Constitution of India. Using data from state and household level surveys on fifteen major Indian states, we find that at the …
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Household Savings and Marriage Payments : Evidence from Dowry in India
Anukriti, S - 2018
bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in rural India. Exploiting variation in firstborn …
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