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In an attempt to verify the pollution haven hypothesis, this study investigates the impact of environmental regulations on foreign direct investment (FDI). We use Korean outward FDI data covering the manufacturing sector for 2009-15. The study not only considers the stringency but also the...
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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...
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This paper explores the aggregate economic effects from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS …
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of India and finds that conditional on a range of individual, household, and regional characteristics, adult BMI …-risk populations in developing countries like India …
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RFS on world food prices and their impact on household level consumption and wage incomes in India. We first develop a … are greater among urban households. However, more poor people in India live in villages, so rural poverty impacts are …
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) of the Government of India. We argue that a chronic friction of wage payment delay in this flagship programme could …
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Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …
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success of banking reforms in India where significant banking reforms have been introduced since 1990s. Using the argument …
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in India. In a controlled study of 160 daycare centers serving over 4,000 children, we randomly assign individual workers …
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This paper exploits time and geographic variation in the adoption of Special Economic Zones in India to assess the …
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