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Intergenerational Persistence of Industry of Employment in India
Nandi, Tushar K. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper studies the intergenerational persistence of industry in India. Using data from a nationally representative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259469
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How does India’s rural roads program affect the grassroots? : findings from a survey in Orissa
Bell, Clive; Dillen, Susanne van - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009613409
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Addressing educational disparity : using district level education development indices for equitable resource allocations in India
Jhingran, Dhir; Sankar, Deepa - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845763
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Gender bias and intergenerational educational mobility : theory and evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2020
mobility. This paper tests these predictions in India and China using data not subject to coresidency bias. The evidence … rejects the linear conditional expectation function in rural and urban India in favor of a concave relation. Girls in India … rural India, the mechanisms are underestimation of the ability of girls and unfavorable school environment. There is some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241186
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Using courts to realize education rights : reflections from India and Indonesia : background paper to the 2018 World Development Report
Rosser, Andrew; Joshi, Anuradha - 2018
democracies, focusing on India and Indonesia-two countries that have experienced increased education rights litigation in recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874985
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Air pollution, foetal mortality, and long-term health: Evidence from the Great London Smog
Ball, Alastair - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper provides new evidence on the consequences of foetal exposure to high levels of pollution for the risk of stillbirth, and for the long-term health and labour market outcomes of those that survive. Variation in in utero exposure comes from a persistent weather system that affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212579
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Main features of the labour policy in Portugal
Moniz, António; Woll, Tobias - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
thus commentaries are welcome. The structure is based on the following topics: a) The employment policy (Time regimes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790119
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Education, social capital and entrepreneurial selection in Italy
Ferrante, Francesco; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
There is wide consensus that entrepreneurial talent is the ability to discover and exploit market opportunities by taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship requiring, in different proportions, the exploitation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836859
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Impact of Alternative & Innovative Education Programmes: A Study of Bridge Course Centres in Bardhaman District
Hati, Koushik Kumar; Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
all children under coverage of Elementary Education, which sadly has not been possible yet in India. Policy makers have … India through some of its alternative, innovative, and flexible programs. In this paper we examine the performance of one of …
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