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The "missing women" dilemma in India has sparked interest in investigating gender discrimination in the provision of … meager resources on hospitalization of boys rather than girls. We use the 60th Indian National Sample Survey and a … that while the gap in the probability of boys' and girls' hospitalization and usage of household income and savings is …
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The “missing women” dilemma in India has sparked interest in investigating gender discrimination in the provision of … meager resources on hospitalization of boys rather than girls. We use the 60th Indian National Sample Survey and a … that while the gap in the probability of boys’ and girls’ hospitalization and usage of household income and savings is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765440
higher female entrepreneurship andemployment, which boosts India's output by 1.6 percent. However, regulations and gender … formal sector employment could boost India's output by 6.8percent …
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investigation. I use data from the third round of India's National Fertility and Health survey to explore these issues. The most …
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This paper examines the macroeconomic interaction between informality and gender inequality in the labor market. A dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model is built to study the impact of gender-targeted policies on female labor force participation, female formal employment, gender wage gap,...
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India Human Development Survey which refers to 2005 and covers both urban and rural areas. In addition to the traditional …
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effects of women's local electoral success on subsequent female candidacy at higher levels of government in India from 1977 to …
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This paper uses a field experiment to study the effect of perceived gender norms on the motherhood penalty in the Indian labor market. We randomly reported motherhood on fictitious CVs sent to service sector job openings. We generated exogenous variation in gender norms by prominently signaling...
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The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the …
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financial incentives? We analyze a conditional cash transfer program in India called Janani Suraksha Yojna. By providing access …
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