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This paper tests three hypotheses concerning intra-household resource allocation in rural China. First, whether … increasing the women's bargaining power alters household expenditure patterns. Second, whether households allocate fewer …
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In comparison to the policy for other field, the policy for medicine and public health is to consider the value of life or the value of the quality of life. Quality of life is very well known as a concept of QOL. Also, Quality Adjusted Life of Years (QALY) which integrates QOL over life of years...
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This paper explores the concept of city ranking as a way to measure the dynamics and complexities of urban life. These rankings have various dimensions and uses. Both the context in which these rankings are done and their nature have changed considerably over time. These rankings face many...
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Many observers believe that times are growing harder for young people in Western society. This paper looks at the evidence and finds that conventional wisdom appears to be wrong.
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After giving an overview of the state of migration policy in developing countries with special reference to Pakistan this paper essentially revisits the issue of policy and its effect on rural to urban migration under an extended family theoretical framework. This specific approach is motivated...
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Evidence from several countries reveals a substantial drop in household consumption around retirement age that some … purchase after retirement in this latter period.  Our findings are consistent with a household model that allows for home …
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appropriate data set for China.  The tests favour the early theories.  Implications are drawn. …
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