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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 …
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Youth in Bhutan: Education, Employment, Development
Dorji, Lham; Kinga, Sonam - eSocialSciences - 2013
The purpose of this monograph is not to portray youth as helpless victims of circumstances, deranged by contemporary dilemmas and ominous to the society, but to identify problems based on their views and stories. [The Centre for Bhutan Studies]....
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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...
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State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2011-12
RBI, Reserve Bank of India - eSocialSciences - 2012
The budgetary data for 2011-12 indicates the commitment of States to carry forward fiscal correction, as evident from the emergence of revenue surplus after a gap of two years and consequent reduction in fiscal deficit-GDP ratio. Notwithstanding the improvement in the revenue account, the...
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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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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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Do School get Their Money? PAISA 2012
Initiative, Accountability - eSocialSciences - 2013
The PAISA exercise uses planning and budgeting systems as the entry point, it is an attempt to build an empirical understanding of current governance processes at the grassroots to push for a larger debate on state capacity and administrative capability for building an education delivery...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259678
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Regional Disparities in Poverty and Education in India
Sivakumar, Marimuthu; Vijay, M - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
India is a witness of regional disparities in many sphere of socio- economic development. On one side, world’s majority … of new billionaires are in India and on the another side, India has majority of poor people. Like that, in development … (education) in India with the emphasis on State wise analysis. The elasticity concept has used to study the relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260281
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Whither Human Capital? The Woeful Tale of Transition to Tertiary Education in India
Chakrabarty, Manisha; Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2012
In this paper the issue of high dropout rates in India is examined which has adverse implications for human capital … formation, and hence for the country’s long term growth potential. Using the 2004-05 National Sample Survey employment …
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