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Rural Nonfarm Employment and Incomes in the Himalayas
Micevska, Maja; Rahut, Dil Bahadur - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Nonfarm activities generate on average about 60 percent of rural households incomes in the Himalayas. This paper analyzes the determinants of participation in nonfarm activities and of nonfarm incomes across rural households. A unique data set collected in the Himalayan region of India allows us...
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Vulnerability to Chronic Energy Deficiency : An Empirical Analysis of Women in Uttar Pradesh, India
Ramachandran, Maithili; Kumar, K.S. Kavi; Viswanathan, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Prevalence rate of chronic energy deficiency (CED) is used as a measure of (adult) nutrition and health status for any … health status. Due to limited information base on BMI very few studies in India have analysed the determinants of CED (which … is the current health status) and even far fewer studies estimating the persons vulnerable to it (that is future health …
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Poverty, Vulnerability and Family Size : Evidence from the Philippines
Aniceto C. Orbeta Jr. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This paper shows how large family size can be an important contributor to household poverty. It presents results from recent research by the author using nationally representative household survey data that demonstrate clearly how large family size can contribute to poverty and vulnerability...
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Gender-based Indicators in Human Development - Correcting for ‘Missing Women’
Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations Development Program. Population share of the genders enter the formulation of these indicators in such a way that it favours the better performing gender. This can lead to...
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An Alternative Approach to Measure HDI
Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle; Mishra, Srijit; Reddy, B. … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
dimensions - health, education and standard of living. LA method assumes perfect substitutability among the indices. We question …
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On A Class of Human Development Index Measures
Mishra, Srijit; Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
Using Minkowski distance function we propose a class of Human Development Index measures. Special cases of this turn out to be the popularly used linear average method as also a newly proposed displaced ideal method. Two measures of penalty are suggested. One captures the non-uniform attainment...
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On Measuring the Complexity of Urban Living
Hasan, Lubna - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365341
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Health Care Services and Government Spending in Pakistan
Akram, Muhammad; Khan, Faheem Jehangir - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The study has been carried out to measure the incidence of government spending on health in Pakistan at provincial … emphasising health services as well as the trend in access to and public sector spending on health care facilities in Pakistan …. The study explores the inequalities in resource distribution and service provision against the government health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365055
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The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Pakpahan, Yus Medina; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
paternal death on childrens school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect … significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363492
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The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Pakpahan, Yus Medina; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
paternal death on childrens school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect … significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363555