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national census survey to investigate discrimination in urban labour markets against rural migrants, by comparing their …The rapid and massive increase of rural-to-urban migration in China has drawn attention to the welfare of migrant … earnings and the sector (formal vs. informal) they work in with those of urban residents and urban migrants. Exploiting …
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We study firms’ advertised gender preferences in a population of ads on a Chinese internet job board, and interpret these patterns using a simple employer search model. The model allows us to distinguish firms’ underlying gender preferences from firms’ propensities to...
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India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works programs globally. Understanding the impacts of NREGS and the pathway through which its impacts are realized thus has important policy implications. A three-round 4,000-household panel from...
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of Discrimination against Women, 2006 have been followed broadly in the preparation of this Report. [Report Ministry of …
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The present paper examines the cultural orientation of foreign students who secured admission in Osmania University (Andhra Pradesh, India) in terms of time orientation and event orientation, dichotomist and holistic thinking, crisis and non-crisis orientation, task and person orientation,...
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Based on the last four rounds of NSS data the study explores some dimensions of women’s labour market participation across social groups. [CWDS Occasional Paper No.59]. URL:[http://www.cwds.ac.in/OCPaper/OccasionalPaper59.pdf].
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The 77-page report documents discrimination by school authorities in four Indian states against Dalit, tribal, and … Muslim children. The discrimination creates an unwelcome atmosphere that can lead to truancy and eventually may lead the …
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, discrimination against daughters, is to be addressed. Clearly, it is not only about implementing the PCPNDT Act but also the various … laws that can indeed play a central role in moulding the process of social change to eventually eliminate discrimination … discrimination or keep it intact. The lack of implementation of laws, their faulty or at times discriminatory provisions or the …
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Institutions (HEIs) are well placed to reflect on, become sensitized to and oppose all forms of discrimination and harassment …
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discrimination. The paper highlights that low prevalence levels are underestimated due to the existing legal and policy framework …
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