This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to other states in India. It then performs a regression exercise using a panel data of Indian states to identify the correlates of educational outcomes. It also surveys the...

This paper identifies a new reason for giving preferences to the disadvantaged using a model of contests. There are two forces at work: the effort effect working against giving preferences and the selection effect working for them. When education is costly and easy to obtain (as in the U.S.),...

This book reflects the outcome of a long-term involvement in issues of child labour, non-formal education and formal school enrolment. It doc?uments research findings and practical experiences on social, econ?omic and cultural causes of child labour and various pragmatic and theory-?guided...