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Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Howard, Larry L. - 2011
minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121736
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Got Water? Social Divisions and Access to Public Goods in Rural India
Balasubramaniam, Divya - 2014
We use data for 436 rural districts from the 2001 Census of India to examine whether different aspects of social … divisions help explain the wide variation in access to tap water across rural India. Studies linking social fragmentation to … for access to tap water in rural India. Communities that are heterogeneous in terms of caste (within the majority Hindu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067365
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Bad Karma or Discrimination? Male-Female Wage Gaps Among Salaried Workers in India
Deshpande, Ashwini - 2015
gender wage gaps among Regular Wage/Salaried (RWS) workers in India, both at the mean, as well as along the entire wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012026
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Decomposition Analysis of Earnings Inequality in Rural India : 2004-2012
Khanna, Shantanu - 2016
We analyze the changes in earnings of paid workers (wage earners) in rural India from 2004/05 to 2011/12. Real earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989830
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Income Convergence and the Flow Out of Poverty in India, 1994-2005
Barrientos Quiroga, Paola - 2015
This paper explores the dynamics of income and poverty of rural Indian households, 1994-2005. The estimation strategy consists of convergence analysis to test whether poor households are catching-up in terms of income, followed by transition analysis to test whether poor households are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025322
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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
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Dropping Out, Being Pushed Out or Can't Get in? Decoding Declining Labour Force Participation of Indian Women
Deshpande, Ashwini; Singh, Jitendra - 2021
increase in household income and conservative social norms. Our results suggest that India needs to focus more on creating jobs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216003
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The Covid-19 Pandemic and Gendered Division of Paid and Unpaid Work : Evidence from India
Deshpande, Ashwini - 2021
Examining high frequency national-level panel data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) on paid work (employment), unpaid work (time spent on domestic work) and incomes, this paper examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the gender gaps in paid and unpaid work through the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315082
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Looking Back on the Lessons of 'Higher Education and Developing Countries : Peril and Promise': Perspectives on China and India
Bloom, David E. - 2016
focuses particularly on how two key countries, China and India, have developed in light of the key recommendations in Peril …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980308
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Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India
Jain, Chandan; Kashyap, Shagun; Lahoti, Rahul; Sahoo, Soham - 2022
investigate the impact of electing an educated politician on economic development in the politician's constituency in India. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083701