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Using Census and NSS data this paper studies the evolution of Gender Bias (GB) in the age group 0-6 in India and its … until 2026. The paper also demonstrates that there are wide variations in GB across various states, even districts, of India … relation to enhanced prosperity and education of women in the child bearing age group. Improvements in GB are discernable in …
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Empirical research has shown that cultural values matter for economic growth and has specifically identified the achievement motivation as an aspect of culture that engenders economic growth. If specific cultural values engender economic growth, how then can societies promote them? This paper...
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This paper presents evidence that "social capital" matters for measurable economic performance, using indicators of trust and civic norms from the World Values Surveys for a sample of 29 market economies. Memberships in formal groups--Putnam's measure of social capital--is not associated with...
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This chapter reviews the recent debate about the role of social capital in economics. We argue that all the difficulties this concept has encountered in economics are due to a vague and excessively broad definition. For this reason, we restrict social capital to the set of values and beliefs...
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