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Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences
Kuran, Timur; Singh, Anantdeep - Duke University, Department of Economics - 2010
The Muslims of South Asia made the transition to modern economic life more slowly than the region’s Hindus. In the first half of the twentieth century, they were relatively less likely to use large-scale and long-living economic organizations, and less likely to serve on corporate boards....
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Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences
Kuran, Timur; Singh, Anantdeep - Duke University, Department of Economics - 2010
The Muslims of South Asia made the transition to modern economic life more slowly than the region’s Hindus. In the first half of the twentieth century, they were relatively less likely to use large-scale and long-living economic organizations, and less likely to serve on corporate boards....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549060
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The impact of China and India on the developing world
Kaplinsky, Raphael - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 1, pp. 15-21
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Religious Identity and the Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from the Indian Princely States.
Chaudhary, Latika; Rubin, Jared - Economic Science Institute (ESI), Argyros School of … - 2013
Religious identity affects preferences and can consequently affect policy. We propose two mechanisms through which a ruler's religious identity can affect public good provision: i) greater provision of goods in regions where more subjects are the ruler's co-religionists, and ii) lower provision...
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Employment and Unemployment Situation among Major Religious Groups in India
eSocialSciences; National Sample Survey Office NSSO - 2013
This report is based on the eighth quinquennial survey on employment and unemployment conducted in the 66th round of NSS during July 2009 to June 2010. The survey was spread over 7402 villages and 5252 urban blocks covering 100957 households (59129 in rural areas and 41828 in urban areas) and...
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Gender Issues in Rural Eastern India Revealed by Field Interviews: Tribal and Non-Tribal Responses
Tisdell, Clement A.; Roy, Kartik C. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2009
Reports responses to interviews conducted in three rural villages in Eastern India in January 2000 as well as replies … difference in attitudes to female children on the part of tribals and non-tribals. Entitlements, as suggested by Sen’s theory … on game theory and allow for threats) help to explain the results observed. Community-wide social discrimination is also …
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Philosophical and spiritual perspectives on decent work
Peccoud, Dominique - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
Reflects on the values behind the ILO's Decent Work Agenda and provides a forum for contributors from various humanistic, philosophical, spiritual and religious traditions to express their views on the significance of work at all levels of society, from the individual person to the global...
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Development and distribution : a critique of the cross-country U-hypothesis
Saith, A. - International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus … - 1983
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From economicist to culturalist development theories: how strong is the relation between cultural aspects and economic development?
Cuesta, J. - International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684018
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Development and distribution : a critique of the cross-country U-hypothesis
Saith, Saith, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1983
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