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Land Reforms, Status and Population Growth
Lehmijoki, Ulla - 2014
In this document, we consider the effects of a land reform on economic and demographic growth by a family-optimization model with sharecropping, endogenous fertility and status seeking. We show that tenant farming is the major obstacle to escaping the Malthusian trap with high fertility and low...
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Property Rights and Gender Bias : Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2016
While land reforms are typically pursued in order to raise productivity and reduce inequality across households, an unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West Bengal, and find that it increased child survival...
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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 …
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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 …
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Prenatal Sex Selection and Girls' Well-Being : Evidence from India
Hu, Luojia - 2011
India. We further examine various channels through which prenatal sex selection might affect girls' outcomes. Using repeated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128226
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Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
at birth in India. It conducts a triple difference analysis across cohort, birth order and sex of previous births …
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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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Can Private School Growth Foster Universal Literacy? Panel Evidence from Indian Districts
Pal, Sarmistha - 2010
delivered by the state sector. This agenda tends to ignore the significant private school growth around the world since early … this respect. Using India as an important case in point, we intend to bridge this gap of the literature. Results using a … unique district-level panel data-set from 17 major states of India for the period 1992-2002 that we compile highlight a …
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The Effect of Early Childhood Developmental Program Attendance on Future School Enrollment and Grade Progression in Rural North India
Hazarika, Gautam - 2010
, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less … schooling. Analysis of data from the World Bank's 1997-98 Survey of Living Conditions in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar yields the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137511
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Inequality of Educational Opportunity in India : Changes Over Time and Across States
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2010
This paper documents the extent of inequality of educational opportunity in India spanning the period 1983-2004 using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138687