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Measuring Discrimination in Education
Hanna, Rema; Linden, Leigh - eSocialSciences - 2010
In this paper, a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts is illustrated. In India, exam ….Then there is a random assignment of child “characteristics†(age, gender, and caste) to the cover sheets of the exams to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008544599
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National Human Development Report 2001
Planning Commission, India - eSocialSciences - 2007
The process of development, in any society, should ideally be viewed and assessed in terms of what it does for an average individual.For any approach or development framework to be meaningful and effective in directing public policies and programmes it has to be anchored in a social context....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487778
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Gender Development Indicators: Issues, Debates and Ranking of Districts
Rustagi, Preet - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present study emphasizes on independent variable analysis in assessing gender development at the disaggregated … equality, growth without equitable distribution, prosperity alongside rising gender inequalities, none of which are natural but … methodology, objectives and scope of the study. The fourth section discusses the selected indicators along with a state level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008580009
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Pluralism, Tenancy and Poverty: Cultivating Open-Mindedness in Poverty Studies
Olsen, Wendy - eSocialSciences - 2008
methodology for theoretically pluralist studies. The 'unobservables' category is refined. The paper thus avoids the qualitative …, judgemental rationality and open systems are recommended for interdisciplinary investigations of poverty. [DSA, Annual conference …
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Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles
Eysenbach, Gunther - eSocialSciences - 2006
Open access (OA) to the research literature has the potential to accelerate recognition and dissemination of research findings, but its actual effects are controversial. This was a longitudinal bibliometric analysis of a cohort of OA and non-OA articles published between June 8, 2004, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341816
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The Elite Brain Drain
Hunter, Rosalind S - eSocialSciences - 2009
we find that movers and stayers have identical h-index citations scores. Immigrants in the UK and US now win Nobel Prizes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017995
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The Cult of Statistical Significance - A Review
Motiram, Sripad - eSocialSciences - 2014
A review and extended discussion is presented of The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice and Lives by Deirdre McCloskey and Stephen Ziliak, a work that raises important issues related to the practice of statistics and that has been widely commented...
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Thinking 'Small' and the Understanding of Poverty: Maymana and Mofizul's Story
Hulme, David - eSocialSciences - 2009
Much recent thinking on poverty and poverty reduction is ‘big’ in terms of its ideas, units of analysis, datasets, plans and ambitions. While recognising some of the benefits of such approaches this paper argues that researchers should counterbalance this through ‘thinking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341746
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The Debate on the Poverty Estimates of 1999–2000
Datta, K.L. - eSocialSciences - 2010
estimates of the 1980s and 1990s, focusing on the methodology and database used for estimation. It extensively reviews the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511373
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Japan’s Foreign Direct Investment Experiences in India: Lessons Learnt from Firm Level Surveys
Choudhury, Srabani Roy - eSocialSciences - 2010
explains the methodology followed. Second, the firm’s entry strategy is discussed to highlight how the Japanese view business …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512429