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earning jobs they are shown as helpers. Parents' income as such may not be having a positive impact on child's education … continue her/his education. To substantiate the gender bias, the probability of falling ill among the girl children is found to …
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, Indian policymakers planning for economic development concentrated largely on issues of capital, labour and, to a lesser … can reap the benefits of rapid human capital accumulation. It finds, however, that both in the area of education and in …
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significant once differences in education are accounted for. …
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. Lack of health care, limited access to quality schooling and opportunity cost of participation in education are some of … layers of deprivations that stifle their freedom to actively participate in and benefit from elementary school education … these layers. Human Development Report 2010 using Oxford University's newly developed Multidimensional Poverty Index, adds …
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Natural disasters can lead to significant changes in health, economic, and demographic outcomes. However, the …, household socioeconomic status, and parental age and education …
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Relying on longitudinal micro data from 13 Spanish rural villages between 1800 and 1910, this paper assesses whether discriminatory practices affected fertility and sex-specific mortality during infancy and childhood during economic crises in an area with a strong preference for sons. Our...
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education. Lack of health care, limited access to quality schooling and opportunity cost of participation in education are some … of these layers. Human Development Report 2010, using Oxford University's newly developed Multidimensional Poverty Index … in education, and nonparticipation separated as child labor and Nowhere (neither in schools nor in labor force) by …
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We quantify the link between the timing of state-level implementations of political reservations for women in India with the role of women in India's manufacturing sector. While overall employment of women in manufacturing does not increase after the reforms, we find significant evidence that...
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This paper combines a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and increase learning. In 57 schools in India, randomly chosen out of 113, a teacher’s daily attendance was verified through photographs with time...
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In the rural areas of developing countries, teacher absence is a widespread problem. This paper tests whether a simple incentive program based on teacher presence can reduce teacher absence, and whether it has the potential to lead to more teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal...
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