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This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. SWB is measured using individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which asks respondents to rate their overall life satisfaction....
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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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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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India. We further examine various channels through which prenatal sex selection might affect girls' outcomes. Using repeated …
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at birth in India. It conducts a triple difference analysis across cohort, birth order and sex of previous births …
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more clearly relevant. Using state-level panel data for India, we contribute the first estimates of the impact of changes …
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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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, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less …
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This paper documents the extent of inequality of educational opportunity in India spanning the period 1983-2004 using …
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We investigate the public-private wage differential in India using nationally representative micro data. While the …
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