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The Human Capital Report
WEF, World Economic Forum - eSocialSciences - 2013
The Human Capital Index explores the contributors and inhibitors to the development and deployment of a healthy, educated and productive labour force, and has generated the information contained in this Report. The Index provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across...
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Rural Labor and Rural Nonagricultural Activities in the Philippines
Sanchez, Maria Teresa C - eSocialSciences - 2012
of rural nonagricultural employment opportunities affect the rural households' labor allocation decisions and the rural … of labor allocation and their sources of income as well as the structure of employment. It also makes use of labor market … employment opportunities affect the rural households' labor allocation decisions and the rural labor markets particularly for …
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More and Better Jobs in South Asia
Nayar, Reema; Gottret, Pablo; Mitra, Pradeep; … - eSocialSciences - 2012
several decades. It is important to determine what needs to be done to absorb them into employment at rising levels of labor …
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Factor Employment, Sources and Sustainability of Output Growth: Analysis of Indian Manufacturing
Virmani, Arvind; Hashim, Danish A. - eSocialSciences - 2010
employment to a growing labour force, especially that of less skilled type and second by its own healthy growth, stimulate and … present study examines in detail the main determinants of factor employment, their shares, and output growth. The framework …
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State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Executive Summary
Prakash, Padma; IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2013
The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills developed and produced by IRIS Knowledge …
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Review of Rural Non-farm Sector in India: Recent Evidence
Ranjan, Sharad - eSocialSciences - 2007
During the period 1972-73 to 2004-05 in rural India, the total number of workers expanded more in the non-farm sector than the farm sector with the rise in male workers being sharper than that of female workers. This enquir,y primarily based on NSS data, throws up ample evidence of the...
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Realising Decent Work
Paul, G.D Bino - eSocialSciences - 2011
A commentary on final report of the task force on domestic workers
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Female Work Participation and Gender Differential in Earning in West Bengal
Chakraborty, Indrani; Chakraborty, Achin - eSocialSciences - 2010
Female work participation in West Bengal is one of the lowest among all the states in India. However, it varies widely across the state’s 341 blocks. An analysis of some block level characteristics based on Census 2001 data show that female work participation varies inversely with the...
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Technical Note on Employment for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007 – 2012)
Planning Commission Labour, Employment; Division, Manpower - eSocialSciences - 2009
This 'Technical Note on Employment for the Eleventh Five Year Plan' presents the quantitative basis for determining the … targets and projections on employment, and the related variables given in the Eleventh Five Year Plan document. While, in … principle, each Chapter of the Plan document has an 'employment dimension', three Chapters of the Plan document that relate …
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Inside the Family A Report on Democratic Rights of Women
Rights, PUDR Peoples Union for Democratic - eSocialSciences - 2008
The report highlights the following aspects: 1. the inability of the legal system to recognise the unique unequal , 2. position of women; 3. the perception of women as peripheral to economic development by the State and their consequent marginalization and exploitation in the labour force; 4. the...
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