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Contrasting effects of leadership styles on public service motivation : the mediating role of basic psychological needs among Indian public sector officials
Dash, Sanket Sunand; Gupta, Rajneesh; Jena, Lalatendu Kesari - In: International journal of public sector management 35 (2022) 6, pp. 659-675
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The impact of employment quotas on the economic lives of disadvantaged minorities in India
Prakash, Nishith - 2020
India has the world's biggest and arguably most aggressive employment-based affirmative action policy for minorities …. This paper exploits the institutional features of a federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its causal impact … that a 1-percentage point increase in the employment quota for Scheduled Castes increases the likelihood of obtaining a …
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Where's the teacher? : how teacher workplace segregation impedes teacher allocation in India
Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - 2017
Social or ethnic segregation can impede the equitable allocation of public resources in developing countries. We study an under-explored dimension; the allocation of public sector teachers in India. Using a register database for 2006-12, we construct indicators for the equality of teacher...
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New approach to public sector hiring in India for improved service delivery
Muralidharan, Karthik - In: India policy forum 12 (2015/2016), pp. 187-236
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The politics of electricity reform : evidence from West Bengal, India
Chatterjee, Elizabeth - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 104 (2018), pp. 128-139
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Traveling Agents : Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
Iyer, Lakshmi; Mani, Anandi - 2009
We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats support our key predictions. Politicians use frequent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014047377
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Disinvestment Policy and Its Impact on Employment in Public Sector : A Study
Mahajan, Shrikrishna S. - 2011
employment. It is not affordable in the context of jobless growth in developing country like India. Present article narrates … impact of disinvestment policy on employment …
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Preferences and Skills of Indian Public Sector Teachers
Fagernäs, Sonja - 2012
With a sample of 700 future public sector primary teachers in India, a Discrete Choice Experiment is used to measure job preferences, particularly regarding location. General skills are also tested. Urban origin teachers and women are more averse to remote locations than rural origin teachers...
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Improving the labor market outcomes of minorities: the role of employment quota
Prakash, Nishith - 2009
The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities … exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its … effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority groups. My main finding is that employment quota significantly in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271335
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Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota
Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities … exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its … effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority groups. My main finding is that employment quota significantly in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015471