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Tertiary Education and Prosperity : Catholic Missionaries to Luminosity in India
Castelló-Climent, Amparo - 2015
the forefront of tertiary education in colonial India, but they established many high quality colleges following Indian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012823
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Public Expenditure, Demography and Growth : Theory and Evidence from India
Das, Pranab Kumar - 2016
countries in the south have younger population. India for example, has 60% of its population in the age group of 15-59, with the … physical infrastructure are conducive to rapid economic growth commensurate with the projected demographic dividends for India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999017
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Globalization, Brain Drain and Development
Docquier, Frédéric - 2011
Indian diaspora in the development of India's IT sector. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127958
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Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation During India's Economic Boom
Klasen, Stephan - 2012
In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 … minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109425
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076812
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Poverty and Survival
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135179
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Impact of Early Childhood School Intervention on Enrollment and Learning Outcomes : Evaluation of a Public Program in India
Bhattacharya, Nilanjan; Pakrashi, Debayan; Saha, Sarani; … - 2023
We evaluate the impact of introducing a pre-primary schooling program in government schools in the Indian state of West Bengal in 2013 on children's early enrolment in schools and subsequent test scores. Using double difference, triple difference, and synthetic control methodologies, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014348579
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The Gendered Crisis : Livelihoods and Mental Well-Being in India During Covid-19
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Roy, Sanchari - 2023
urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356636
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Understanding the Effects of Siblings on Child Mortality : Evidence from India
Makepeace, Gerry - 2011
Given the intrinsically sequential nature of child birth, timing of a child's birth has consequences not only for itself, but also for its older and younger siblings. The paper argues that prior and posterior spacing between consecutive siblings are thus important measures of intensity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756953
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Fatal Fluctuations? Cyclicality in Infant Mortality in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
This paper investigates the impact of macroeconomic shocks on infant mortality in India and investigates likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759709