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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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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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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 …

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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...

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Foreign Direct Investment and Labour: The Case of Indian Manufacturing

Pradhan, Jaya Prakash; Abraham, Vinoj; Sahoo, Manoj Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

suggest that foreign firms do not have any adverse effects on the manufacturing employment in India as compared to their …This paper makes an attempt to evaluate the employment and wage effects of FDI in Indian manufacturing. The findings … labour in fact had benefited from foreign investment in India. …

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FDI, local Financial Markets, Employment and poverty alleviation

Abdelaal Mahmoud, Ashraf - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

that FDI inflows are able to contribute to higher growth and employment in poor countries? I argue yes. Behavior of FDI …; therefore, FDI can contribute to higher growth and employment in poor countries but only under certain circumstances, “Roll out … data of 62 countries, from 1996 to 2007, shows that FDI appears regular to be a key source of employment and has a …

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FDI, local Financial Markets, employment and poverty alleviation

Abdel Aal Mahmoud, Ashraf - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

2007, shows that FDI appears regularly to be a key source of employment for women in Non OECD countries and has a favorable …

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Indefinite Definition of FDI

K, S Chalapati Rao; Dhar, Biswajit; KVK, Ranganathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The issue of differentiating between FDI and FPI is related to the functional aspects of the investments. The internationally adopted definition which relies on a numerical benchmark of 10% is thus of limited practical utility for policy makers. However, because of its widespread adoption and...

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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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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 …

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