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Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance
Finan, Frederico; Ferraz, Claudio - eSocialSciences - 2009
examines whether higher wages attract better quality politicians and improve political performance. The analysis exploits … discontinuities in wages across municipalities induced by a constitutional amendment defining caps on the salary of local legislatures …
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Perverse Consequences of Well Intentioned Regulation: Evidence from India's Child Labor Ban
Bansode, Prashant - eSocialSciences - 2013
using age restrictions that determined who the ban applied to, we show that child wages decrease and child labor increases …
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Productivity Response to a Contract Change
Jayaraman, Rajshri; Ray, Debraj; V´ericourt, Francis de - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change. The setting is a tea plantation in India. The activity …
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Jobs and Livelihoods Mapping the Landscape
IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2014
The Indian labour market is charcaterised by abysmally low participation of women in the labour market, enormity of low wage informal employment, and scarcity of decent regular wage employment. The collection of essays discuss the labour market scenario in India from different angles,...
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Gender Pay Gap in the Formal Sector: 2006 - 2013: Preliminary Evidence from Paycheck India Data
Varkkey, Biju; Korde, Rupa - eSocialSciences - 2013
This report aims at quantifying the magnitude of gender-based disparities that women face in the organized sector of the Indian labour market, and track their progress over time. The extent of the gender pay gap is measured on various parameters such as age, educational qualifications, industry,...
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Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - eSocialSciences - 2014
The effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages are analysed over the course … of the agricultural production cycle. It is shown theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the …-stage wages. Indian household panel data describing early-season migration and district-level planting- and harvest-stage wages …
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Technical Note on Employment for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007 – 2012)
Planning Commission Labour, Employment; Division, Manpower - eSocialSciences - 2009
This 'Technical Note on Employment for the Eleventh Five Year Plan' presents the quantitative basis for determining the targets and projections on employment, and the related variables given in the Eleventh Five Year Plan document. While, in principle, each Chapter of the Plan document has an...
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Development Challenges in Extremist Affected Areas
Commission, Expert Group Planning - eSocialSciences - 2009
Widespread discontent among the people has plagued the Indian polity for sometime now. It has often led to unrest, sometimes of a violent nature. Over the years, statutory enactments and institutional mechanisms for addressing the various aspects of deprivation have been brought into being. But...
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Conceptualising Informality: Regulation and Enforcement
Kanbur, Ravi - eSocialSciences - 2009
The informality discourse is large and vibrant, and is expanding rapidly. But there is a certain conceptual incoherence to the literature. New definitions of informality compete with old definitions leading to a plethora of alternative conceptualisations. While some individual studies may apply...
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Adding Insecurity to Live: Erratum Annual Report and Accounts: Unilever
FNV, FNV Mondiaal - eSocialSciences - 2009
The aim of this Erratum to the Annual report and Accounts, is to inform Unilever shareholders and other interested parties of the full story behind the good revenues and efficient restructuring processes. It is not just about numbers, it is about people, real employees of Unilever or other...
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