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Access to Schools & Intergenerational Human Capital : Evidence from India
Sunder, Naveen - 2018
This paper examines the impact of a large scale school construction program in India, the District Primary Education …
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Links between foreign direct investment and human capital formation : evidence from the manufacturing sector in India
Baranwal, Gunja - 2016
paper takes into account both these effects and tests for human capital formation effect of FDI in India for core …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568031
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Locus of control and human capital investment decisions : the role of effort, parental preferences and financial constraints
Szabó-Morvai, Ágnes; Kiss, Hubert János - 2020
We study the relationship between locus of control (LoC) and human capital investment decisions in the adolescence, using PDS lasso to exploit high-dimensional data. While LoC is not significantly associated with graduation from high school once we use exogenous controls, it correlates strongly...
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Whither Human Capital? The Woeful Tale of Transition to Tertiary Education in India
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Chakrabarty, Manisha - 2011
In this paper we examine the issue of high dropout rates in India which has adverse implications for human capital …
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Human capital potential of India's future workforce
Mehdi, Ali; Chaudhry, Divya - 2015
. However, such concern has been largely missing as far as the future workforce is concerned. This paper discusses India … preprimary education. In conclusion, India will have to focus, inter alia, on early health and preschooling (soft skill …
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Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio - 2017
We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, where over 70 million …
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Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India
Attanasio, Orazio - 2019
We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1-12 in India, based on the Young Lives … Survey. India has over 70 million children aged 0-5 who are at risk of developmental deficits. The inputs into the production …
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Human Capital Response to Globalization : Education and Information Technology in India
Shastry, Gauri Kartini - 2014
the cost of learning English, a relevant qualification for high-skilled export jobs. Linguistic diversity in India compels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708527
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Trade liberalization and human capital accumulation : evidence from Indian census
Azam, Mehtabul - 2022
We exploit the pre-reform employment composition of Indian districts and differential tariff cuts across industries introduced by the 1991 trade liberalization to examine the impact of liberalization on human capital accumulation measured by completion of different stages of schooling and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198791
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Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from Indian Census
Azam, Mehtabul - 2022
We exploit the pre-reform employment composition of Indian districts and differential tariff cuts across industries introduced by the 1991 trade liberalization to examine the impact of liberalization on human capital accumulation measured by completion of different stages of schooling and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013289463