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We study the role of formal institutions of contract enforcement in facilitating investments in small and medium firms(MSME). In a framework where established entrepreneurs can enforce contracts informally using their network ties and hierarchical advantage, we argue that an efficient formal...
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The present paper argues that intergenerational transfers between elderly parents and adult children are important determinants of any coresidency arrangement though generally overlooked in the existing literature. In this respect the paper distinguishes between exchange of both financial and...
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remain untested. In this study, we examine the demographic effects of India’s national childhood vaccination program (the … preference data of 625,000 adult women from the National Family Health Survey of India 2015–2016. We include women who were born …
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in Asia. The key contributors to this trend are China and India. Between 2011 and 2019, GDP per capita has surged by 66 … percent in China and 53 percent in India. Forecasts by the OECD predict that between 2030 and 2035, India will overtake China … implications that are associated with the rise of a growing middle class on India's labor market …
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paper examines internet access in India using National Sample Survey 2017-18. It probes the extent of inequality in young …
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the long-term economic benefits of India's national program of childhood vaccinations, known as the Universal Immunization … Programme (UIP). We combine individual-level data from the 68th round of the National Sample Survey of India (2011 2012) with …
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investigate the impact of electing an educated politician on economic development in the politician's constituency in India. We …
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India experienced one of the strictest lockdowns during COVID-19 and sections of the workforce seemed overwhelmingly … disadvantaged. Given substantial poverty still, marginalized daily wage labor and gendered outcomes in the context of India …, economic shocks are expected to have disparate implications. Employing World Bank data for rural areas in six states of India …
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crime in India. We exploit the quasi-random variation in the outcome of close elections between candidates with and without …
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Using a nationally representative household survey from India, we examine individuals' domestic tourism participation …
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