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Ageing and consumer spending : some preliminary findings from India and China
Deb, Surajit - 2016
. This paper provides an attempt to determine the extent of population aging in India and China and subsequently determine … differences in the levels of population aging in both India and China. The results of our cross-sectional regressions indicate …
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Population aging in India : facts, issues, and options
Agarwal, Arunika; Lubet, Alyssa; Mitgang, Elizabeth; … - 2016
presents an overview of India's recent and ongoing initiatives to adapt to population aging and provide support to older adults …
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Determinants of the Quality of Life of Elderly during Demographic Transitions of Population Giants : China and India
Ghosh, Dona - 2016
The paper addresses the Quality of Life (QoL) of elderly people during demographic transitions of population giants. Focusing on India and China, this study analyses nature of data of aged people and compares the determining factors of QoL of elderly people of both nations. Using Global Survey...
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Population Aging in India : Facts, Issues, and Options
Agarwal, Arunika - 2016
presents an overview of India's recent and ongoing initiatives to adapt to population aging and provide support to older adults …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983911
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Economics of healthy aging in India : a multidimensional perspective
Malik, Manzoor Ahmad; Singh, S. P.; Pattanaik, Falguni - In: IZA journal of labor policy 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22
Aging is the foremost challenge in recent times, given the demographic shift in populations across the world. It …% of its population accounting for aging. Based on the multidimensional aging index (AI) using the latest longitudinal … survey data of older adults in India, we examined the possible challenges of the economics of aging in India while examining …
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What drives women participation in unpaid work in India?
Kumar, Manik; Singh, Udai Bhan; Kumar, Nilesh - In: Thailand and the world economy 41 (2023) 2, pp. 137-155
The primary goal of this paper is to examine the factors that bear on the greater participation of women in unpaid activities in India. The study is based on the employment-unemployment survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)in 2011-12, and NSS Report Numbers 550 and 559....
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Early life access to polio vaccines and declining disability rates in India
Ambade, Mayanka; Menon, Nidhiya; Subramanian, S. V. - 2022
We evaluate the impact of oral polio vaccines on the incidence of disabilities in India, focusing on polio-related disability. Polio was hyperendemic in India even as recently as the early 1990s but the country was declared wild polio virus-free in 2014. Average treatment effects on the treated...
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Early Life Access to Polio Vaccines and Declining Disability Rates in India
Ambade, Mayanka; Menon, Nidhiya; Subramanian, S. V. - 2022
We evaluate the impact of oral polio vaccines on the incidence of disabilities in India, focusing on polio-related disability. Polio was hyperendemic in India even as recently as the early 1990s but the country was declared wild polio virus-free in 2014. Average treatment effects on the treated...
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Government Employment Guarantee, Labor Supply and Firms’ Reaction : Evidence from the Largest Public Workfare Program in the World
Agarwal, Sumit - 2020
Using establishment-level employment and operating data, we examine the impact of the Indian government's employment guarantee program on labor and firm behavior. We exploit the staggered implementation of the program for identification and find that the program led to a 10% reduction in...
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Promoting Sustainable Local Employment and Rural Development Opportunities in Kosovo : A Role for Agricultural Co-Operatives
Bateman, Milford - 2014
This working paper is produced within the project framework of the Employment Regeneration Programme funded by the EAR, undertaken under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, and contracted to IMC Consulting Ltd (EuropeAid/114770/D/SV/KOS). It is intended to promote greater discussion about...
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