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Spending to Save? State Health Expenditure and Infant Mortality in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2021
There are severe inequalities in health in the world, poor health being concentrated amongst poor people in poor countries. Poor countries spend a much smaller share of national income on health expenditure than do richer countries. What potential lies in political or growth processes that raise...
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Examining the role of saving and safety on the buying behavior : lessons from the Indian consumer's in COVID-19 crisis
Khanna, Prateek; Sehgal, Reetika; Malviya, Mayank; … - In: Benchmarking : an international journal 30 (2023) 9, pp. 3674-3698
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Browsers Don't Lie? Gender Differences in the Effects of the Indian COVID-19 Lockdown on Digital Activity and Time Use
Miller, Amalia R.; Ramdas, Kamalini; Sungu, Alp - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We measure the impact of the initial Indian national COVID-19 lockdown on digital activity using browser histories of 1,094 individuals, spanning over 31.5 million website visits on computers and mobile devices. Reflecting the predicted increase in the value of online activity, both men and...
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Saving by default : evidence from a field experiment in rural India
Somville, Vincent; Vandewalle, Lore - 2015
of in cash can play a major role in encouraging savings. When paid on the account, the money is saved by default, while … empathy towards the banker. Second, we provide evidence against the treated having developed an active savings habit on the …
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Attitude of beneficiaries towards financial literacy initiatives taken up by private sector banks for sustainable development with special reference to Rajasthan
Purohit, Harsh; Bindra, Pawandeep Kaur - In: International journal of economic policy in emerging … 14 (2021) 5/6, pp. 519-535
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Sex workers, self-image and stigma : evidence from Kolkata brothels
Ghosal, Sayantan; Jana, Smarajit; Mani, Anandi; Mitra, … - 2016
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Female empowerment, cultural effects and savings : empirical evidence from India
Filipiak, Ute; Grohmann, Antonia; Heyerhorst, Franziska - 2017
, spend more on welfare enhancing goods such as education and nutrition, but are less likely to have savings left at the end …
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Economics is learnt in the family : revaluing family influence on financial behaviour in India
Bharucha, Jehangir - In: International journal of revenue management : IJRM 10 (2017/2018) 2, pp. 135-145
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Women's empowerment : aggregate effects on savings and wealth
San Vicente Portes, Luis; Atal, Vidya; Juárez-Torres, … - 2019
's preferences. Thus, households heighten self-insurance by increasing precautionary savings for smoothing consumption and, in turn …, this higher level of savings tends to reduce wealth inequality. Also, regardless of income, women's preferences increase …
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Spending or saving? : female empowerment and financial decisions in a matrilineal society
Rink, Ute; Barros, Laura - 2019
enhancing goods, such as food, but are less likely to have savings left at the end of the month. Our paper contributes to the …
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