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Despite strong recent economic growth, gender inequality remains a major concern for India. This paper examines the effectiveness of a public policy geared towards the reduction of gender inequality. The national Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostics Techniques (PNDT) Act of 1994, implemented...

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Migration, human capital and development : Oded Stark, ed., Volume 4 in Research in Human Capital and Development (JAI Press, Greenwich, CT, 1986), pp. xiv + 177

Deolalikar, Anil B. - In: Journal of Development Economics 31 (1989) 1, pp. 199-202

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Inflation in developing countries: An econometric study of Chilean inflation : V. Corbo Lioi, (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1974) pp.xiv+286

Behrman, J. R. - In: Journal of Development Economics 3 (1976) 1, pp. 106-109

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A comparison of EPI sampling, probability sampling, and compact segment sampling methods for micro and small enterprises

Chao, Li-Wei; Szrek, Helena; Peltzer, Karl; Ramlagan, … - In: Journal of Development Economics 98 (2012) 1, pp. 94-107

Finding an efficient method for sampling micro- and small-enterprises (MSEs) for research and statistical reporting purposes is a challenge in developing countries, where registries of MSEs are often nonexistent or outdated. This lack of a sampling frame creates an obstacle in finding a...

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Caveat emptor: Cross-country data on education and the labor force

Behrman, Jere R.; Rosenzweig, Mark R. - In: Journal of Development Economics 44 (1994) 1, pp. 147-171

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Change and challenge in the world economy : Bela Balassa, (St. Martin's Press, New York, 1985) pp. xxxviii + 484

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Journal of Development Economics 26 (1987) 2, pp. 428-431

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Labor force participation and earnings determinants for women in the special conditions of developing countries

Behrman, Jere R.; Wolfe, Barbara L. - In: Journal of Development Economics 15 (1984) 1-3, pp. 259-288

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Improving quality versus increasing the quantity of schooling: Estimates of rates of return from rural Pakistan

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Investments in schooling in two generations in pre-revolutionary Nicaragua : The roles of family background and school supply

Behrman, Jere R.; Wolfe, Barbara L. - In: Journal of Development Economics 27 (1987) 1-2, pp. 395-419

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Shadow prices and subsides in Botswana

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Journal of Development Economics 22 (1986) 2, pp. 351-392

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