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Persistent Inequality: An Explanation Based on Limited Parental Altruism

Das, Mausumi - eSocialSciences - 2008

This paper provides an explanation for the observed persistence in income inequality across households in terms limited parental altruism. It is postulated that the degree of parental altruism is â€˜limitedâ€™ by the financial status of the parent. [CDE WP 101].

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What Education? Imperative of Change

Maharatna, Arup - eSocialSciences - 2006

Once the reach of education remains circumscribed only by its functional role in the formation of human capital, which …

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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 countryâ€™s long term growth potential. Using the 2004-05 National Sample Survey employment-unemployment survey data, transition probabilities of...

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The Impact of Education Policy Reforms on the School System:A Field Study of EGS and Other Primary Schools in Madhya Pradesh

Leclercq, Francois - eSocialSciences - 2009

This paper presents the results of fieldwork on rural primary schools of two districts of Madhya Pradesh, India, conducted from December 2001 to March 2002. Since the mid-1990â€™s, the government of this state has initiated reforms in the public primary school sector, by decentralising its...

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Extended Families and Child Well-being

LaFave, Daniel; Thomas, Duncan - eSocialSciences - 2014

relationship between three measures of health- and education-related human capital of children and the distribution of resources …

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Literacy Traps: Society-wide Education and Individual Skill Premia

Basu, Kaushik; Atal, Vidya; Gray, John; Lee, Travis - eSocialSciences - 2009

Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is...

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Emerging Asia's Middle Class-A Force to be Reckoned With

Dyck, Steffen; Hansakul, Syetarn; Saxena, Rachna - eSocialSciences - 2009

The emergence of a large and dynamic middle class raises Asiaâ€™s profile as an attractive market destination for products ranging from consumer goods to financial services. There are even hopes that the Asian consumer will replace the US as â€œworld consumer of last resortâ€,...

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Public Expenditure on Education : A Review of Selected Issues and Evidence

Mukherjee, Anit N - eSocialSciences - 2007

The role of education in economic development has been recognised for quite some time in mainstream economic literature …. Divergence between the private and social rate of return from education is the rationale for intervention by the state in … public expenditure on education. The outcome of these lines of research also has implications for the financing of education …

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Institutional Influences on Human Capital Accumulation: Micro Evidence from Children Vulnerable to Bondage

Edmonds, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2007

The paper examines child labour, lower schooling attendance and attainment, and significantly elevated fertility in families vulnerable to debt bondage.

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The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development Implications

D'Costa, Anthony P. - eSocialSciences - 2006

This paper charts the complex dynamics of the movement of technical talent in the world economy and assesses broadly the impact of such mobility on both sending and receiving countries. Based on secondary data and primary information from the Indian and Japanese IT industry, the study presents a...

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