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The long-term relationship between population and economic development is an important research topic in development … indicate a population-driven economic development in Indonesia. In other words, Indonesia could represent a textbook case of … population-induced development where a rapid population growth stimulates economic development. …
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This study is an attempt to broaden the discussion about the prevention of domestic violence against women informed by a rights-based strategy. Specifically, the study discusses the critical elements of a human rights framework to reduce domestic violence, present research findings on the...
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This article outlines work in progress on a study of technological choice in the context of North-South development …
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The object of the paper is to place the present issues of world poverty, development, demographic change into proper …
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Exogenous variation in fertility from parental preferences for sex-mix among their children is used to identify the causal effect of family size on several measures associated with either the allocation of resources towards children within the household or the outcomes of these investments....
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In this paper, two approaches (labor efficiency and separate factors approach) and two production functions ( a ray-homothetic function and the Cobb-Douglas function), are used to estimate the productivity of female versus male farm laborers in the traditional agricultural economy of Nepal. The...
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This article employs a unique data set from 1993 with 7,063 working men and women from Trinidad and Tobago to examine the impact of ethnicity and socioeconomic status upon marital earnings premiums. It finds a significant marriage premium for both males and females. Ethnicity is found to play a...
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geographical area, but supports, 8 % of its population. The state is characterized as most backward state of India. In Bihar there … remained almost constant up to 2005-2006. There has not been any significant influence of the agricultural development and … and launching of various development programmes, including MNREGA, occupational profile of rural households has changed …
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under cultivation. Despite the abundance of industrial production, rural population has not benefited and majority are … observed that lack of employment opportunity might have caused the poverty in the state because only one-third population is …
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Ethnic diversity and provision of public goods have long been understood to share a negative relationship. While there has been a concerted effort to define and measure ethnic diversity around the world, we are interested in analyzing the possible differences in these measures when it comes to...
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