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Evidence of state-level variability in the economic and demographic well-being of people with disabilities in India
Menon, Nidhiya; Parish, Susan L.; Rose, Roderick A. - 2011
Among countries with comparable levels of income, India has one of the more progressive disability policy frameworks …; however, people with disabilities in India are subject to multiple disadvantages. This paper focuses on state-level variations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282347
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Improving the labor market outcomes of minorities: the role of employment quota
Prakash, Nishith - 2009
exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271335
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The effect of early childhood development program attendance on future school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India
Hazarika, Gautam; Viren, Vejoya - 2010
, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274579
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Is caste destiny? Occupational diversification among dalits in rural India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-su - 2012
The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282193
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Empowering women through education and influence: An evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya program
Kandpal, Eeshani; Baylis, Kathy; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P. - 2012
This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282383
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Labor market impacts of a large-scale public works program: Evidence from the Indian Employment Guarantee Scheme
Zimmermann, Laura - 2012
Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as anti-poverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, by using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289909
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Ethnic competition and specialization
Kahanec, Martin - 2007
Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamental features of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition and social distances between ethnic groups engender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268355
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Integrating severely disabled individuals into the labour market: the Austrian case
Humer, Brigitte; Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe; Zweimüller, … - 2007
We study the impact of the Austrian Employment Act for the Disabled which grants extended employment protection, requires a hiring quota for firms, and subsidizes the employment of severely disabled (SD) workers. Using a large sample of eligible individuals we compare workers before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267975
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Citizenship, co-ethnic populations and employment probabilities of immigrants in Sweden
Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - 2009
Over the last decades, Sweden has liberalized its citizenship policy by reducing the required number of years of residency to five for foreign citizens and only two for Nordic citizens. Dual citizenship has been allowed since 2001. During the same period, immigration patterns by country of birth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271293
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Caste, Ethnicity and Poverty in Rural India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002
This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277292