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The Role of Constitutions on Poverty: A Cross-National Investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195833
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The Role of Constitutions on Poverty: A Cross-NationalInvestigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2015
We use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 195 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of constitutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269067
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The Role of Constitutions on Poverty: A Cross-National Investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513130
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The Role of Constitutions on Poverty : A Cross-National Investigation
Minkler, Alanson - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026855
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The role of constitutions on poverty : a cross-national investigation
Minkler, Lanse; Prakash, Nishith - 2015
In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488146
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Does Employment Quota Explain Occupational Choice Among Disadvantaged Groups? A Natural Experiment from India
Prakash, Nishith; Howard, Larry - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper examines the effect of a federally-mandated public sector employment quota policy for minorities on their occupational choice. We utilize multiple logit models to estimate the effect of the policy on the choice between a high, middle, or low-skill public sector occupation during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837133
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The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities: Evidence from India
Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India that arises from national policies that cause …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317955
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The Returns to English-Language Skills in India
Azam, Mehtabul; Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has …-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is unknown due to lack of a microdata set containing measures of both … earnings and English ability. In this paper, we use a newly available data set - the India Human Development Survey, 2005 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317994
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Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Howard, Larry L.; Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225780
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Girls for Sale? Child Sex Ratio and Girls Trafficking in India
Prakash, Nishith; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
increasing preference for son and neglect for daughters. Multiple reports point to India as country confronted with both higher … sex ratio and shortage of girls is associated with their illegal trafficking in India. Using panel data of 29 Indian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791520