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The redistributive effects of political reservation for minorities: evidence from India
Chin, Aimee; Prakash, Nishith - 2009
state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India that arises from national policies that cause …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271283
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Is caste destiny? Occupational diversification among dalits in rural India
Gang, Ira; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2011
The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281901
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Is caste destiny? Occupational diversification among dalits in rural India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-su - 2012
The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282193
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Are all labor regulations equal? Evidence from Indian manufacturing
Ahsan, Ahmad; Pagés, Carmen - 2008
Using manufacturing data for India, this paper studies the economic effects of legal amendments on two types of labor … benefit workers either, as they do not increase the share of value added that goes to labor. Labor-intensive industries, such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268910
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Social networks, role models, peer effects, and aspirations
Mani, Anandi; Riley, Emma - 2019
We review the literature on pathways through which social networks may influence social mobility in developing countries. We find that social networks support members in tangible ways-via access to opportunities for migration, credit, trading relationships, information on jobs, and new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423986
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The implication of school admission rules for segregation and educational inequality: Research report
Aue, Robert; Bach, Maximilian; Heigle, Julia; Klein, Thilo - 2020
In this research project we investigate how the design of school assignment rules affects social segregation and its implications for social inequality. The context of our study is the Hungarian school system, which is characterized by early ability tracking combined with a centralized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012264942
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What Is Left to Residual Claimants? : The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers
Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - 2004
Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average … switch from entrepreneurship to workers, while education does not explain, in a statistically significant level, switching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261924
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Besonderheiten des kirchlichen Arbeitsrechts aus ökonomischer und wirtschaftsethischer Sicht
Dilger, Alexander - 2022
Kirchliche Arbeitgeber diskriminieren ihre Beschäftigten und Bewerber nach Merkmalen, nach denen andere Arbeitsgeber es nicht dürfen und meist auch nicht mehr wollen. Denn die Kirchen schaden sich damit vor allem selbst, während die Diskriminierten inzwischen anderswo willkommen sind und gute...
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Labour's law?
Jahn, Elke J.; Wagner, Thomas - 2001
A cross section analysis of 23 OECD members shows that there is an 'antagonistic' relationship between the legal protection of investor interests on the one hand and labour interests on the other: the stronger the legal protection of investor rights in a country, the less developed are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299224
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An economic analysis of dismissal legislation: Determinants of severance pay in West Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2009
Severance pay is a vital part of employment protection legislation (EPL). We investigate the incidence and level of severance pay for dismissed employees. Our theoretical model predicts that not only the law and its interpretation by labour courts but also the costs of a suit have an impact....
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