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Review of the recent trends in development economics research: with experience from the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2007
This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268174
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Globalization and employment: imported skill biased technological change in developing countries
Conte, Andrea; Vivarelli, Marco - 2007
This paper discusses the occurrence of Skill-Enhancing Technology Import (SETI), namely the relationship between imports of embodied technology and widening skill-based employment differentials in a sample of low and middle income countries (LMICs). In doing so, this paper provides a direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268266
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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - 2005
contribution to the overall integration. Finally, we investigate the links between globalization and labor market in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267513
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Globalization, brain drain and development
Docquier, Frédéric; Rapoport, Hillel - 2011
Indian diaspora in the development of India's IT sector. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of the analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278431
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Women, children and patience: experimental evidence from Indian villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2009
random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330095
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A distributional analysis of social group inequality in rural India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2009
rural India across the entire welfare distribution. The paper establishes that the disadvantage suffered by two historically … the SC and the ST households must remain a focus of attention besides promoting a more active labor market in rural India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330097
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Reforms, entry and productivity: some evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis; … - 2006
factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … institutional and legacy factors. We also find evidence to suggest that, in India, entry rates were positively associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267353
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Earnings inequality in India: has the rise of caste and religion based politics in India had an impact?
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Chakrabarty, Manisha - 2006
state and federal levels in India. As a consequence, significant inter-caste and inter-religion differences in earnings have …-religion earnings in India during the 1987-99 period, using the 43rd and 55th rounds of National Sample Survey (NSS). Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267499
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The relation between child labour and mother's work: The case of India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2007
states and for urban and rural India (NFHS-2, 1998/9), we select our sample drawing information from the household data set …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268139
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Steering towards the high road: a study of human resource management in two Indian garment factories
Lake, Henrietta - 2007
resource management systems at two garment factories manufacturing for export in India. They make the same product for the same …
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