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School attendance of children and the work of mothers: a joint multilevel model for India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; … - 2008
Survey (NFHS-2) for India, we find that, controlling for many covariates among which wealth is the most powerful predictor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268602
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The choice between fixed and random effects models: Some considerations for educational research
Clarke, Paul; Crawford, Claire; Steele, Fiona; … - 2010
We discuss fixed and random effects models in the context of educational research and set out the assumptions behind the two approaches. To illustrate the issues, we analyse the determinants of pupil achievement in primary school, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274704
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Pinning down the value of statistical life
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, William Kip; Woock, … - 2007
Our research addresses fundamental long-standing concerns in the compensating wage differentials literature and its public policy implications: the econometric properties of estimates of the value of statistical life (VSL) and the wide range of such estimates from about $0.5 million to about $21...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277313
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Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Viscusi, W Kip; Woock, Christopher; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Our research addresses fundamental long-standing concerns in the compensating wage differentials literature and its public policy implications: the econometric properties of estimates of the value of statistical life (VSL) and the wide range of such estimates from about $0.5 million to about $21...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703773
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The Choice Between Fixed and Random Effects Models: Some Considerations for Educational Research
Clarke, Paul; Crawford, Claire; Steele, Fiona; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We discuss fixed and random effects models in the context of educational research and set out the assumptions behind the two approaches. To illustrate the issues, we analyse the determinants of pupil achievement in primary school, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683661
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School Attendance of Children and the Work of Mothers: A Joint Multilevel Model for India
Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Survey (NFHS-2) for India, we find that, controlling for many covariates among which wealth is the most powerful predictor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763643
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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