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This paper examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. The data are taken from oDesk … to choose a worker in India. This higher placement is the result of a greater likelihood of choosing India for the …
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In 2013, Mexico's Social Pension Program for the Elderly was expanded by changing its eligibility threshold from age 70 to age 65. Using pooled cross-sectional data from Mexico's National Household Income and Expenditure Survey, the exogenous variation around eligibility age was exploited to...
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Using a stochastic general equilibrium model with overlapping generations, this paper studies (i) the effects on both extensive and intensive labor supply responses to changes in fertility rates, and (ii) the potential of a retirement reform to mitigate the effects of fertility changes on labor...
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. All the coding is made freely available. The tool is illustrated for India's DC National Pension System. The aim is not to … present the perfect model for India, but to show how the tool works so that policy makers and regulators can see its potential …
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This paper estimates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Highways in India on welfare …
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Punjab, India, to assess the impact of a flagship sanitation program of the Government of India. The program, the Clean India …, eliminate the practice of open defecation, and improve the awareness and practice of good hygiene across rural India. It …
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the first randomized controlled trial-based evidence on this question. Households in rural Bihar, India, were offered low …
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There are significant value chain linkages between India and Bangladesh, particularly in the textile and apparel sector …. India specializes in the upstream segment, supplying such intermediate inputs as silk, cotton, yarn, and fabrics to … Bangladesh. Bangladesh specializes in the downstream final apparel segment, exporting worldwide as well as to India. Tariffs and …
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This paper uses a large national household panel from 1999/2000 and 2007/08 to analyze the short-term effects of India …
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, especially for government programs like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in India. This study aims to provide empirical … first study to estimate the annual income effects of a government-run rural livelihoods program in India, and it shows …
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