The present study is an attempt to examine the trends in returns to education in light of the long-term economic growth in India during 1983 to 2009-10. It outlines various forms of inequality issues prevalent in Indian labour markets, with respect to the rural/urban areas, gender, caste and...

The changes in various policies related to trade and entry of multinational companies in Indian pharmaceutical industries have started during early seventies. However, the pace of growth of this industry have shown a remarkable upswing only after 1991 and it shows a major jump after 2005. The...

We examine the effects of the threats to property rights on the economic performance of the manufacturing sector in Indian states. We constructed indices of the threats using data on crime against property rights. In our analysis, we correct for the problem of underreporting of crimes in...

This article investigates the effect of the devolution of power to the village-level government on the household-level allocation of poverty alleviation programmes, namely, Integrated Rural Development Programmes (IRDP) and Rural Public Works (RPW), drawing upon National Sample Survey data and...

This paper examines the effects of firms dynamics on industry level productivity growth in India during the period 2000-01 to 2005-06 using plant level panel data of 22 manufacturing industries. The empirical analysis is based on decomposition techniques of aggregate productivity growth. The...

The excess Helmholtz free energy ΔF of rodlike and wormlike polyelectrolyte solutions over that of solvent is formulated from a perturbation theory, where the hard core and electrostatic potentials between two polymers are taken as the pair potentials of the reference system and the...

In Japan, 'Corporate Law' and 'Financial Instruments and Exchange Law' stipulate the internal control system. Stipulations in 'Corporate Law' tend towards all levels the in the company, while stipulations in 'Financial Instruments and Exchange Law' are more inclined towards the accuracy of...

In Japan, "Corporate Law" and ¡°Financial Instruments and Exchange Law" stipulate the internal control system. Stipulations in ¡°Corporate Law¡± tend towards all levels the in the company, while stipulations in ¡°Financial Instruments and Exchange Law¡± are more inclined towards the...

Companies in different countries have different corporate governance systems. One of the reasons is that the trade cost dealing in the society and other economic factors are different in different countries. View from this angle, corporate governance systems should have the value that can reduce...