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Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India
López Bóo, Florencia; Canon, Maria Eugenia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
in India of boys performing better. …
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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India
Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
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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Where Have All the Young Girls Gone? Identification of Sex Selection in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Cochrane, Tom - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
at birth in India. It conducts a triple difference analysis across cohort, birth order and sex of previous births …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777152
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Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning: Evidence from a Large Public Program in India
Afridi, Farzana; Iversen, Vegard; Sharan, M.R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
India. Using primary survey data, we find more program inefficiencies and leakages in village councils reserved for women …
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Consumption and Social Identity: Evidence from India
Khamis, Melanie; Prakash, Nishith; Siddique, Zahra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
distinctive social identities in India, where social identities are defined by caste and religious affiliations. The … classification of such items was done by eliciting responses to a survey in India. We match the results of our survey with nationally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805626
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Health and the Political Agency of Women
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403402
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Public and Private Sector Jobs, Unreported Income and Consumption Gap in India: Evidence from Micro-Data
Kar, Saibal; Roy, Poulomi; Saha, Sarani - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper tries to document the presence of unreported income among public sector employees in India. We investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279356
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Path-Breakers: How Does Women's Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Iyer, Lakshmi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265668
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Persistence in Infant Mortality: Evidence for the Indian States
Arulampalam, Wiji; Bhalotra, Sonia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
fifteen major states of India. The main finding is that, in thirteen of the fifteen states, there is evidence of a causal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233756
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Women, Children and Patience: Experimental Evidence from Indian Villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030895