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in India of boys performing better. …
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This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...
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at birth in India. It conducts a triple difference analysis across cohort, birth order and sex of previous births …
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India. Using primary survey data, we find more program inefficiencies and leakages in village councils reserved for women …
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We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal …
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The low and declining female labour force participation rate in India despite strong growth over the past decade is … inclusive growth, and wellbeing. Assessing determinants of the labour force participation of women in India can open important … policy insights. This paper first describes key employment trends in India by gender. Then the potential determinants of …
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policies. More and better jobs for women in India could raise growth by about 2 percentage points a year over time. This … Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of India (http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-india …
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This paper examines the nature and determinants of female entrepreneurship in India based on survey data. The first … part assesses basic characteristics of female entrepreneurship in India, while the subsequent sections analyse key … determinants of female entrepreneurship based on the literature, and test their importance at the state level in India with the …
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regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … margin in India where a substantial number of incumbents do not contest re-election. There is no significant entry of new …
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fifteen major states of India. The main finding is that, in thirteen of the fifteen states, there is evidence of a causal …
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