The export-led growth hypothesis (ELGH) is an interesting field of research in applied economics. The paper investigates the role of education on the ELGH in India during 1951-2009. Using cointegration and error correction model technique, it finds the feedback effect between education and...

Services sector in India contributes more than 60% of the overall gross domestic product (GDP) and more than 40% of total trade. This sector also absorbs a chunk of manpower, especially in export-oriented industries and reduces the employment burden on other non-services sectors. In this...

Absent from the important debate on the determinants of rapid Asian growth is the role of gender inequality. This paper argues that gender wage inequality has stimulated growth, with Asian economies that disadvantaged women the most growing the fastest from 1975 to 1990. Low female wages have...