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the effect on prices of tradeable goods and wages. The cost of consumption for each household is affected by the domestic … Consumption Surveys are used for the analysis. The price transmission mechanisms are estimated for both rural and urban areas to …
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the effect on prices of tradable goods and wages. The cost of consumption for each household is affected by the domestic … Consumption Surveys are used for the analysis. The price transmission mechanisms are estimated for both rural and urban areas to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010599689
We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than expenditure in India, especially at the top of the...
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We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries represent extreme cases in the relationship of inequality to both wellbeing indicators. Income is more highly concentrated than expenditure in India, especially at the top of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146542
We look at the effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages over the course of … the agricultural production cycle. We show theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the planting … stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can exacerbate the negative impact of adverse weather on harvest-stage wages …
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Using a nationally representative large-scale survey of individual ICT skills in India (Multiple Indicators Survey, 2020), we provide evidence on the effects of ICT skills on labor market outcomes and household welfare as measured by per capita expenditure. We study the effects both at the...
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relatively better position to address. The choice of a fiscal compensatory mechanism with indirect tax on domestic consumption …
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household welfare in terms of consumption expenditure, income, assets and poverty status. The results show large gaps between …
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The ever-growing population of India, along with the increasing competition for water for productive uses in different sectors - especially irrigated agriculture and related local water systems and drainage - poses a challenge in an effort to improve water quality and sanitation. In rural and...
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This paper examines the effect of prior participation in early childhood developmental programs, considered endogenous, upon 7-19 years olds' school enrollment and grade progression in rural North India. It hopes both to extend to less developed countries recent influential research on the...
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