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A large number of rural households in the state of Odisha, India are dependent on agriculture for their basic …
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How does future income uncertainty affect child labour and human capital accumulation? Using a unique panel dataset, we examine the effect of changes in climate variability on the allocation of time among child labour activities (the intensive margin) as well as participation in education and...
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on labor is an important part of the explanation. Using microdata from selected firms in India, we estimate reduced … Indien schätzen wir eine verringerte Arbeitsproduktivität und erhöhte Fehlzeiten an heißen Tagen. Klimakontrolle mildert die …
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cases within India, and Gujarat state in particular, were reported from Surat. In recent times however, government …
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This paper modeled the proximate determinants of rice outputs and groundwater depths in 27 Indian states during 1980-2010. Dynamic random effects models were estimated by maximum likelihood at state and well levels. The main findings from models for rice outputs were that temperatures and...
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In this paper, we analyse how India’s climate change policy is framed, formulated and implemented and argue that it … projected economic growth, India will, in the next few years, see its most significant energy demand upsurge along with a … India’s decision-makers and international negotiators will have severe implications for the world. This paper analyses …
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India. Among India’s population of more than one billion people, about 68% are directly or indirectly involved in the …
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This study examines the changing pattern of climatic factors in the Sub-Himalayan region in the Northeast during last four decades. Sub-regional variation in climatic indicators and their relation with the anthropogenic human activities like deforestation, mining and industrial developments are...
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efficiency CDM projects with an emphasis on the situation in India. In the second half of 2005, almost 100 energy efficiency …
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Flooding is among the costliest natural disasters in the United States. Although the federal government provides floodplain boundary maps and subsidizes insurance, demand remains extremely low. This paper assembles the most comprehensive set of files ever compiled on flood risk and insurance to...
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