The study evaluates the behaviour construct of self help group (SHG) members. Data were solicited from randomly … and 2013. The behaviour construct developed, consisted of 30 items, for which Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of reliability … significant improvement in behaviour of SHG members was observed, which exemplifies the impact of SHG approach in instilling a …

paper is aimed at testing whether or not there really was a change in pricing behaviour, using a structural model of …

human health behaviour. We first discuss the theoretical background of time preferences; ascertain the differences between … assess how time preferences influence risky behaviour such as being overweight, smoking, and engaging in risky sexual … behaviour. The issue of whether to use proxies or experimental time preference elicitation methods in time preference studies is …

National Crime Victimization Surveys, I proxy these higher costs by victim’s education and income, relationship to the …

A large body of empirical research suggests that welfare spending reduces crime. Contrary to this dominant finding, a … few recent studies conclude that there is no relationship between several measures of welfare spending and serious crime … total crime although the effect was rather weak. The analyses of various types of crime show that the influence of the …

Becker’s analysis of crime and punishment has initiated a series of theoretical and empirical works investigating the … determinants of crime. However, there is a dearth of literature in the context of developing countries. This paper is an attempt to …, poverty,, urbanization and education) on crime rates in India. State-level data is collected on the above variables for the …

: Incidence of crime in India has been mounting at a fast pace , especially during the last decade. Moreover, crime on … body seems to be increasing in comparison to crime on property. Economics and Sociology literature on crime attributes … labour market as a transmitting institution for crime. This paper is an attempt to understand the issue of crime in India as …