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The effect of trade liberalization on marriage and fertility : evidence from Indian census
Sengupta, Shruti; Azam, Mehtabul - 2022
the medium-term (1991-2001) and long-term (1991-2011) impacts of the 1991 Indian trade liberalization on marriage and … fertility rates among young women aged 15-34 years. We exploit the fact that countrywide tariff reductions varied across … experienced relative increase in marriage rate compared to the districts that experienced smaller tariff cuts. Moreover, tariff …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472042
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Value addition, jobs and skills: a study of India's exports
Das, Deb Kusum; Kukreja, Prateek - 2020
Exports serve as an engine of economic growth and can potentially help countries come out of poverty and unemployment. However, as the production process is increasingly getting fragmented globally, greater exports no longer imply higher domestic production, as imports of intermediate products...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233579
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Gender and labour market adjustment to trade: the case of India
Johannesson, Louise; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik - 2020
Standing at 24% in 2018, India's female labour force participation is only half of the global average (48%). At the same time, India has one of the widest gender wage gaps in the world and women are less likely to be employed in the formal sector compared to men. This study focuses on the role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012259825
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The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Marriage and Fertility : Evidence from Indian Districts
Sengupta, Shruti - 2019
and women, thus increasing their prospects of marriage, the decline in fertility points towards a quantity quality trade … the medium run (1991-2001) and long run (1991-2011) impacts of the 1991 trade liberalization in India on marriage and … fertility rates among young women aged 15-34 years. We exploit the fact that the countrywide tariff reductions that varied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864312
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The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Marriage and Fertility : Evidence from Indian Census
Sengupta, Shruti; Azam, Mehtabul - 2023
the medium-term (1991-2001) and long-term (1991-2011) impacts of the 1991 Indian trade liberalization on marriage and … fertility rates among young women aged 15-34 years. We exploit the fact that countrywide tariff reductions varied across … experienced relative increase in marriage rate compared to the districts that experienced smaller tariff cuts. Moreover, tariff …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264266
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Impact of forced sterilization on female labor market outcomes : evidence from India
Prasad, Niranjana - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414923
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Trade with China and India and manufacturing labour demand in Argentina
Castro, Lucio; Saslavsky, Daniel - 2008
For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a looming shadow of two mighty giants on the region's manufacturing sector. Are they really mighty giants when it comes to their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper attempts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273507
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Trade, poverty eradication, and the sustainable development goals
Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2016
This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty eradication using microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms and the effects of trade and trade policy on consumer prices, producer prices, and wages. As these mechanisms affect the real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576860
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Liberalized trade policy and inequality : evidence from post-Multi-Fibre Arrangement India and some theoretical issues
Kar, Mausumi; Kar, Saibal - 2015
The phased elimination of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement has been one of the most compelling trade policy reforms of the early twenty-first century, and has brought in significant changes in the industrial structures of the countries of the global south. The textile and clothing industry is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465456
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Trade with China and India and manufacturing labour demand in Argentina
Castro, Lucio (contributor); Saslavsky, Daniel (contributor) - 2008
For many in Latin America, the increasing participation of China and India in international markets is seen as a looming shadow of two "mighty giants" on the region's manufacturing sector. Are they really mighty giants when it comes to their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793469