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Land reform and agricultural productivity in India: a review of the evidence
Ghatak, Maitreesh; Roy, Sanchari - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
productivity in India. We find that, overall for all states, land-reform legislation had anegative and significant effect on … agricultural productivity. However, this hides considerable variation acrosstypes of land reform, as well as variation across … land reform had a marginal positive effect relative to the rest of India.[...] …
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United States Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics - Charting International Labor Comparisons (2012 Edition)
United States / Bureau of Labor Statistics - 2003
Showcasing data from all areas of the ILC program and other sources, Charting International Labor Comparisons is a gateway to explore how key labor market and other national economic measurements compare across countries. There are links to previous editions of the Chartbook of International...
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Qualität der Arbeit in internationalen Kooperationden Globecom - eine indisch- deutsche Software-Kooperation - Fallstudie
Hirschfeld, Karin - 2002
... Im Gegensatz zu traditionellen industriesoziologischen Ansätzenbleibt die Beschäftigtenperspektive weitgehend aus der Debatte über globale Kooperationen ausgeklammert. Diese Forschungslücke immerhin zu verkleinern, ist Ziel der vorliegenden Fallstudie.
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Design of Incentives in Community based Health Insurance Schemes
Ahuja, Rajeev; Jütting, Johannes - 2003
; and (iii) how to set incentives for scheme managers. …
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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India
Aghion, Philippe; Burgess, Robin; Redding, Stephen; … - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2007
We study whether the effects on registered manufacturing output of dismantling the license raj - a system of central controls regulating entry and production activity in this sector - vary across Indian states with different labor market regulations and different nancial development. To guide...
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IMPLEMENTING HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE POOR: THE ROLLOUT OF RSBY IN KARNATAKA
Rajasekhar, D; Berg, Erlend; Ghatak, Maitreesh; Manjula, R - Institute for Social and Economic Change <Bangalore>; … - 2011
quality health care in India. This paper looks at the implementation of the scheme in Karnataka, drawing on a large survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008860712
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Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
Banerjee, Abhijit; Duflo, Esther; Ghatak, Maitreesh; … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010
This paper analyzes how preferences for a non-economic characteristic, such as caste, canaffect equilibrium patterns of matching in the marriage market, and empirically evaluates thisin the context of arranged marriages among middle-class Indians. We develop a model thatdemonstrates how the...
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Electoral Goals and Center-State Transfers : A Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence from India
Arulampalam, Wiji; Dasgupta, Sugato; Dhillon, Amrita; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We construct a model of redistributive politics where the central government is opportunistic and uses its discretion to make transfers to state governments on the basis of political considerations. These considerations are the alignment between the incumbent parties at the central and state...
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Local Bridging Ties and New Venture Internationalization:Exploratory Studies in Bangalore and Cambridge
Prashantham, Shameen; Balachandran, G. - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2007
pertaining to each spatial embeddedness type – a Bangalore start-up engaged in joint activity with Microsoft India (dispersed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005866016
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The Emergence of Indian Multinationals:An Empirical Study of Motives, Status-quo and Trends of Indian Investments in Germany
Tiwari, Rajnish; Herstatt, Cornelius - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2009
surpassed German FDI stock in India. Our research shows that, as of October 2008, 123 Indian MNEs with 167 subsidiaries were …
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