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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001
Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper tries to focus on the method to assess the magnitude of short/seasonal migration based on its broad characteristics. It attempts to analyse the contrasting characteristics of short duration and permanent migration. The study applies the widely recognised demographic technique of...
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468424
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The Intergenerational Effects Of Worker Displacement
Oreopolous, Philip; Page, Marianne; Stevens, Ann Huff - eSocialSciences - 2005
employment shock to outcomes among individuals whose fathers did not, we find that children whose fathers were displaced have … annual earnings about 9 per cent lower than similar children whose fathers did not experience an employment shock. They are …
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Pension Liabilities of the Central Government: Projections and Implications
Swain, Sibani; Sen, Pronab - eSocialSciences - 2007
liabilities of the Central Government would be primarily driven by the structure and behaviour of employment in the Central … available time series on employment to estimate the growth in number of pensioners and make realistic projection of the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528132
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Minimum Wages And Poverty
Kanbur, Ravi; Fields, Gary - eSocialSciences - 2005
Textbook analysis tells us that in a competitive labor market, the introduction of a minimum wage above the competitive equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528142
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The Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007
Sabha, Lok - eSocialSciences - 2008
A bill to provide for the rehabilitation and resettlement of persons affected by the acquisition of land for projects of public purpose or involuntary displacement due to any other reason, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. [Bill No.98, 2007].
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Making and Unmaking Poverty: Social Science, Social Programmes, and Poverty Reduction in India and Elsewhere
Krishna, Anirudh - eSocialSciences - 2006
How does growth actually trickle down to remove an individual’s poverty? Is it through increases in employment? What …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528247
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Cities with Suburbs: Evidence from India
Sridhar, Kala Seetharam - eSocialSciences - 2009
attention of the literature. I focus on this sparsely studied issue in this work. Population, household and employment density … gradients for India's UAs, using Mills' two-point technique are calculated. Next, population, household and employment gradient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528249
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Impact of Special Economic Zones on Employment, Poverty and Human Development
Aggarwal, Aradhna - eSocialSciences - 2007
There are three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human capital … channels. ‘Employment generation’ has been the most important channel through which SEZs lend themselves to human … development concerns, in India. Employment generated by zones is remunerative. Wage rates are not lower than those prevailing …
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Judicial Intervention in the Contract of Employment: Some Reflections on Labour Adjudication in India.
Singh, Jaivir - eSocialSciences - 2008
The industrial dispute act 1947, provides the basis for settling disputes that may arise between employers and employees. According to the act if concerned parties are unable to resolve the dispute, they have several options open to them. One possibility is to set up a so called Works Committee...
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